Gordo, hope things work out well for you in the desert!
I felt I should clarify pnooze's remarks. While Virgin is very happy to receive personal recommendations about prospective pilots, it is most emphatically not the only way to get in! Many, many Virgin pilots were recruited with no help from those already on the inside. Please don't get the idea that you have to have a mate within Virgin to have a chance of a job here; it's not true.
Scroggs