Virgin currently employs about 600 pilots. The aircraft are crewed at a ratio of approximately 8 crews per aircraft, with roughly 1.5 FOs to each Capt. 13 aircraft would thus represent 104 commands and around 260 new pilot jobs. However, it is quite likely that some of the 9 A340-300s will be retired at some point in this deal, which would reduce those numbers somewhat - but the A380 is on the way also!
For those of us that do qualify - does anyone know how much the joining bonus will be?
What joining bonus?