So in essence you have to have accumulated quite a few hours with another airline, getting a few years of seniority under your belt and then there is a chance you move to Virgin and then start as being the two-tab 3rd pilot on a 747, only logging a fraction of the hours? Granted on a 747 and nice stay overs as Virgin only tend to go to the nice places in the world.
I'm beginning to see the value in a very good marketing/brading strategy by the Vir Atlantic execs
Don't get me wrong, currentlty I think if I was at that stage I'd be all over it if I had 4,000+, time will tell however.
Also would anyone currently working with Virgin please share with us who they use for type ratings? Just on the off chance I win the lottery