To be fair SRB did step in twice to save the airline -
In the 90's he sold Virgin Records to prop up Virgin Atlantic and after 9/11 he put in hundreds of £millions of his own money to save the Company that was 2 days away from collapse.
We'll just have to see if/what he does now personally.
Branson had deep pockets twice in the past to save the airline which he has always called ''his baby''
It was the CEO of the Virgin Group that owns 51% of VS and the VS MD that has approached HM Govt. not actually SRB currently.
We (The aviation world) has never seen such unprecedented times - I can see the World and all the economies having to press the reset button on all business, debt is wiped off, State aid is given (which has been done so far to initial responses in the UK) and then we all start again.