I know this threads rapidly going out of date, so apologies to drag this back up to the top!
R998 - keep going if VS is your thing as it appears to be. It does amuse me how the bitterness from both sides (especially BA it would appear) continually surfaces from a relatively small minority, when essentially everyone's doing the same job, for two companies that both have pluses and minuses when working for them.
I am BA ground staff, and very rarely have any trouble or cross words with my VS counterparts, with whom I choose to deal with on a regular basis. My wife is with VS in recruitment, and is also an ex VS flyer. Amazingly she's blond, attractive, can hold intelligent conversations in three different languages, and chose VS over BA because VS had a slightly more personal/approachable touch than BA throughout the selection process.
That's it, nothing more, nothing less. VS does have a slightly better public image of being a fun airline, but then BA appeals to a far more conservative buisness class market. Both exploit their images to maximum effect, including choice of crews.
The grass isn't always greener R998, but I'm sure you'll get their. Best of luck.