Aaa this is sad. Thinking of their staff mainly, and the - momentarily - inconvenienced passengers
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Eggtastico wrote:should solve ryanair pilot shortage
Kraken wrote:Eggtastico wrote:should solve ryanair pilot shortage
Unlikely, as the Monarch fleet is almost exclusively Airbus (they had 1 B737-800 in service). The Airbuses were due to be replaced by B737 MAX 8 from next year onwards. It is possible a few Monarch pilots may have done / started the type conversion but certainly not enough to fulfil MOL's immediate staffing / PR fiasco.
Does anyone know how long a type conversion course takes? Going from Airbus to Boeing flight deck would be quite extensive I'd imagine.
Hope the pilots have a better option than you know who !!
honey lamb wrote:Aer Lingus is offering open information sessions for Airbus rated pilots tomorrow in the Radisson hotel at Manchester Airport from 9am to 3pm
tontybear wrote:BA and Easyjet are the two largest airlines at LGW and the preference wil be to allocate any free slots to any other airline than them in order to promote competition. The issue VS would is that it would need to find a slot at an airport that suits it's current route network as it's not going to start a short haul operation into Europe
Kraken wrote:Out of interest, what happens to the Monarch aircraft on the ground (i.e. all of them)?
Obviously any that were parked at contact boarding gates with jetbridges / or other prime foot-boarding gates near the terminals will be towed away to the most remote stands with the cheapest parking charges. Do the airports impound an aircraft - or two - if they are owed money by Monarch (e.g. landing / handling / parking fees)? The phrase "can't pay, we'll take it away" comes to mind.
tontybear wrote:Now that Monarch have ceased trading the planes revert to the lease company (Monarch only owned one plane). The leasor wil be making arrangements to move planes from airports ASAP . It's no good an airport impounding a leased plane because the leasor isn't responsible for Monarchs debts
Kraken wrote:honey lamb wrote:Aer Lingus is offering open information sessions for Airbus rated pilots tomorrow in the Radisson hotel at Manchester Airport from 9am to 3pm
That is very encouraging news - I bet it will be well attended by Monarch pilots from the MAN & LBA bases.
Sealink wrote:They didn't know it was coming.
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