Monarch pulls "no experience needed" plane-building job ad, blames rec agency

Monarch Airlines has withdrawn a job advert that offered positions building planes that required “no previous knowledge or experience”.

The British ‘leisure airline’ based in Luton Bedfordshire say the job advert was placed with a recruitment agency.  

However, the Express reported that airline safety campaigners branded the advert dangerous, expressing concerns over staff with no experience working on the construction of aircraft intended to carry holidaymakers.

The advert for inexperienced aircraft fitters said that just five days of ‘basic training’ would be provided. After which they would be part of a team sealing the aircraft with panels.