You all underestimate the Virgin Australia longhaul op.
There is about 200 Aussies here and probably almost as many S/Africans many who have visas for Australia.
So how many of these would go to fly a 340 from home on the same as EK pay and considering the Australian tax system has been overhauled and salary is quite good , houses and rent is still very cheap on a world standard.
Many crew are interested in this 1 even f/os due for command.
So why not 200 or so over about 6 months...............
