Agree with ya C Klink
its nice to be able to discuss these issues without that **** Paragraph377 hijacking every thread related to Virgin.
I think the big areas of concerns for the pilot group with regards to whom takes over will be what parts of the airline are to be saved and what’s going to get the chop.
The majority of my mates on the 737 seem reasonably confident of keeping their jobs in some form or another but those on the 330,777,ATR and Fokker are all understandable concerned as to the future make up of the airline. At this stage both BGH and Bain seem to more focused on a reduced single fleet operation at least to begin with at least. Where that leaves VARA, Widebody and ATR pilots is the 6 million dollar question.
Something like 450 pilots have already been made redundant with the closing down of VANZ and Tigerair pilot group. The thought of another 300-400 pilots joining them is truely terrifying and hopefully will be the AFAP and VIPA’s major focus in protecting jobs.