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Frieght was not in place at Virgin from day one, in fact it only came in until a few years after startup.
Virgin kicked up a massive stick over the cost of the Sydney terminal. Brett Godfrey was constantly wining over the cost of operating there. This whinging continued into this year with Virgin Bluing about the NCC decision on the Sydney Terminal.
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http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ydney+Terminal
That was Jan 30 this year!! Hardly years ago.
Transfers between flights become more complex as your network grows. This also can affect on time performance as the flights are delayed waiting for connections.
The reason that wages at LCC are lower than other carriers is because the staff let them be that way. If ALL the staff stood together then then there would not be a problem. Unfortunately Pilots are unable to stick together and as a result wages are commencing a downward spiral for a job that has unbelievable levels of responsibility, performance monitoring, lifesyle distruption and medical restrictions compared to most others.