Hi guys, I'm a Virgin Atlantic junior crew member - just thought I'd add my very simple thoughts.
Last month I worked the following trips:
4 night Antigua
3 night Las Vegas
4 night Las Vegas
2 night San Francisco
2 night Los Angeles
Had only 7 days off (my choice - would love to have taken more but cant afford them!).
I took home £902 (best month ever) + around £300 in left over allowances.
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My friend who is a permanent junior at Britannia Manchester took home just over £1800 and worked far less than me.
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This month, surprise surprise, my name has appeared on this newly made up so called 'high hours' list which means I can no longer swap trips, and have to do exactly what I'm rostered.
So much for the freedom of choice you get when you work for Virgin then!
All I have for September is a 1 night New York, a block of 3 days SBY, and a Sydney.
15 days off. I'm quite worried about how I’m going to survive this month actually.
Whoever talks about staff travel is dreaming, I'd LOVE to take myself / friends / boyfriend away for a few nice days in the sun on my free of charge tickets, but guess what, theres NO WAY i could afford to!
Oh and as a final insult, but really no surprise, I didn't get my monthly flight request........ again!
