Sprucegoose,
after re-reading your three paragraphs of hogswash I think you have just confirmed my post.
VB does cherry pick.Broome/Gove ect ignored,much to detriment of regional Australia.Another failure of deregulation.
VB pilots are underpaid by industry standard(divide previous incumbants` 737 wages equally for an average).
The wheel turning that you mentioned had Branson very close to selling you out.Your self-righteous post, under a simplistic & naive guise as to understanding and justifying the motions of business and governments,is a facade behind which you hide.