Surely Virgin pilots will be concerned they’ll be dealing with someone who brings a wharfies mindset to industrial relations.
Not really. Plenty of Captains are already leaving for China.
This creates promotion opportunities for F.O.s and once they’ve got their 500 hours or so command, they’re off to China as well.
If his attitude towards pilots is adversarial, it will just hasten the exodus and encourage Captains who weren’t thinking about China to reconsider.