They are still advertising for pilots in the UK is this one of the 1 or 2 areas that there will be continued recruitment??
I would have thought they could offer the poor people at VS positions if they still have a requirement. However, with their involvement in VS/Ansett I bet they have some very complex sums to do.
It would appear to me that the longer the period of uncertainty goes on i.e. the wait for retaliation the worse this situation will get.