JACK,
Plenty of us have started again at the bottom and are well aware of what Virgin has offered.
Plenty of us have been here 20 years and are very proud of our Airline
Plenty of us want it to prosper not just for our own sake but because of all the staff that have worked and will work for a Great Airline.
BUT......
Perhaps ‘invigorate and energize’ is not the most appropriate phrase when describing a one-day group session at a flash pub in Fortitude Valley beating bongo drums and being preached 'the line' by a third-party contractor how 'WONDERFUL' things are.
When staff levels are so understaffed that gate staff are literally running between gates to meet aircraft, when aircraft cannot be disembarked front and rear because there are no marshallers, when aerobridges are not maneuvered to the aircraft until multiple calls to AMCO and disembarkation eventually happens about 15 minutes after arrival, when Maintenace defects delay flights because engineering staff are so limited, when 30 flights were cancelled recently because there was not enough cabin crew, when aircraft arrive at a gate and there is no staff to unload the baggage, when flights are cancelled because pilots are not willing to forgo their day off, when "CREWING" consists of ONE person, when Operations have to make continual decisions on which flight to cancel so they can steal precious cabin crew for another flight, then maybe you might understand the cynicism towards the 1 day of the year beating Bongo Drums when the other 364 days staff ARE being 'ignored and demotivated' (your words).
Do you notice a trend? .............Frontline Staff.
Bain has a race on its hands, and if rumors are true and an IPO is being considered for 2023 then no amount of drum beating will stop the flight cancellations, staff resignations, flight delays, and passenger frustrations from scuttling their pay day.
Staff DO WANT to come to work, but not to be massively overworked, underpaid and ignored to facilitate the impending IPO bonanza.
NOT bitter and twisted - But enthusiastic, optimistic, proud and defensive of OUR Airline which we want to prosper even after the IPO.