I’m not sure there are many sure things in this industry, and most of us realise that long-term career decisions have an element of guesswork and come with their own positives and negatives.
Is VS riskier than others, probably… but they wouldn’t have been bailed out by their investors if the underlying business wasn’t reasonably sound and they will make a profit this year and pay off debt. IAG have debt measured in the billions too and even EK, who make enough money to pay everyone a 6 month bonus every year made extremely deep cuts during COVID (and other downturns)