VA is a basket case. Has been for many years. The amount of self preservation by Flight Ops management and training department is truly disgusting. Top that with the some of the pilots here thinking it's a good deal, is just incredible.
The OP clearly cares about the future of this company. No denying that. In fact, dollars seems to be only half the story here, the other half is just him wanting it to be a great place to work without all the special people. Virgin has had 15 years to try and achieve that. Most people have just accepted defeat on that front, and moved on.
Virgin had an opportunity to reset itself, in the Flight Ops department, during the bankruptcy. They didn’t do that. Should have, could have, but didn’t. The trick is, you need to get rid of everyone. All of them. The whole lot. They didn’t, and the cancer remains.
The Virgin turnaround transformation story has been going on for 15 years. They have recently advised another 3-5 years in transformation still to come. So nearly 2 decades in transformation. Flight Ops should have the latest and greatest in everything! So much time to achieve so much! Hold on a minute…