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[Rowan McKeever]

Originally Posted by Yusef D

Several work groups within Virgin are seething with discontent at the management's savage cuts and treatment of employees as cost burdens. Wages and conditions were slashed during a time the airline's continued existence was in doubt. A number of contracts are due this year, conditions are far behind other employers and management just wants to hold the place together with sticky tape long enough for it to be hastily sold.

If further flying, especially long haul flying (Haneda) was to be outsourced the pilots and flight attendants would scream blue murder.

If this is all true (not saying it's not, by the way), then yes it might be controversial for VA to use a wet-leased A330.

On the other hand, it would be a big win for VA to be able to get back to that kind of operation and would, likely, be a short-term solution until they were in a position to source and operate their own aircraft. VA's success in this sense would only serve to improve the pay and conditions for on-board crew in the longer term, surely? And, indeed, such services may well be operated with VA cabin crew.