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UK airlines to snap up former Monarch crew
UK airlines are rushing to recruit some of the 1,858 Monarch employees who were made redundant yesterday following the company’s collapse.
Of those who lost their jobs, 1,760 were employees of Monarch Airlines, while 98 were employed by Monarch Travel Group.
Between them the companies employed approximately 2,100 people.
The remainder have been retained by the joint administrators to assist them in the administration process and to help collate critical information to assist the Civil Aviation Authority with the repatriation of customers who are currently overseas.
Joint administrator Blair Nimmo, a partner at KPMG, described Monday as ‘a very sad and difficult day’ for Monarch employees.
However, its pilots and cabin crew are being urged to apply for jobs at both Virgin Atlantic and easyJet.
Virgin has set up a specific recruitment fast track path to support any Monarch pilots while easyJet is holding open days for Monarch cabin crew.
Virgin is urging Monarch pilots who have already applied to the airline thorugh its standard recruitment process to use the fast track procedure.
Director of flight crew and training Malcolm Sutherland said the airline is looking for first officers, based at Heathrow, with a minimum of 2,500 hours total flying time and 500 hours on an Airbus or Boeing type.
"If you are committed to the highest professional standards and delivering for our customers then we’d love to talk to you’" he said.
EasyJet is holding recruitment days for Monarch cabin crew in Gatwick, where is has 400 vacancies, and Luton, where it needs 100 cabin crew from today until the end of the week.
The budget airline is also looking for direct entry captains and it is looking to fill a number of roles at its Luton airport HQ.
Nimmo from KPMG added: ""Over the coming days, my team will be doing all it can to assist the employees in submitting claims to the Redundancy Payments Office for monies owed."
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