I've lost count of the number of friends and colleagues who have deeply regretted staying loyal to Monarch all these years.
The crews have had years of uncertainty and worry whilst the family have bled it dry and engineered a sale , ( or was it a sale ) forced new terms and conditions upon staff, some of whom cannot now afford to stay in the UK , driven the pension fund to PPF, despite the company NOT being insolvent, yet walked away extremely wealthy and shrugged off all responsibility towards their loyal and dedicated staff, some of whom have lost > 60% of their pension with little or no time to recover anything for their retirement.
I know of staff who after more than 20 years of loyal service were simply sent a p45 and final pay settlement in the post with not even a letter of thanks or recognition.
I believe some crews have hatched a plan to buy 30 lorries to take on Eddie Stobart !