Virgin laid off plenty of chaps post 9-11 as did many others. Virgin did however give the VAST majority of those unfortunate souls their jobs back within a short space of time. Its still the no. 1 employer in my opinion, beats BA, Cathay etc as their T's & C's are not erroded at the same rate (hopefully I haven't spoken too soon!).
Barring a 150k pa job flying twins off a white sandy beach somewhere off Fiji, I think Virgin are about as good as it gets (IMO).