I have long been a supporter of VA, fantastic staff, great crew and an excellent product. Had It been majority Australian owned I’d be all in favour of supporting it. Sadly 90% or so of it is under foreign ownership. That $1.4 billion effectively goes to Prop up the investments of the foreign owners and not the staff and that part sticks in my throat.
There is a slightly positive side to this, another airline will start up in the future to fill the vacuum (should it ever come to that), experienced airline staff will be able to find work again. Australia cannot exist with just one airline.