The ache of just losing a colleague was giving way to fond memories and ghost stories. That gut wrenching ache is back this morning with the news of Monarch's demise. Memories are now flooding back of the terror that faced me and my colleagues at the realisation that for the approaching pay day , there will be no pay.
Unlike my experience, this time, there are tons of jobs out there. Anyone of them better than lining up on the dole queue , begging the bank for some breathing space, placing the "For Sale" sign up, outside your house, explaining to kids why they will now go to the local comprehensive; yeah, yeah, yeah. Awful.
So, do that, Monarch pilots. Go and enjoy the hustle for jobs and keep putting food on the table. It will not take long to re-establish yourselves. It will take a mighty re-set of the mindset and a willingness to wipe the board clean and start again. You will, and you will be more successful.
Ciao, fond memories of one of the great airlines in the industry.