Dont mean to jump down your throat but just wanted to point something out after 13 years with the airline.
Since day one of joining juniors and seniors have always made remarks/complaints at how low the salary was. This has greatly increased in recent years as the cost of living has increased but salaries have not reflected this.
To say "there are thousands willing to take your job" is just plain naive! So lets say that the 92% of crew who voted NO in the last ballot all leave and are replaced by those queing to do our job. Do you honestly believe that after a few months of taking home less than a grand they wont start complaining? This vicious circle has been going on since day one. Great crew leave, great crew join, great crew leave, great crew join......Its only now that we are big enough and powerful enough to have our voice heard. We dont want to leave Virgin and join other airlines or take different jobs, we love the company and want to stay, so why should we feel pushed out?
Virgin will always have this problem with crew unless they bite the bullet and get it sorted. You could say we are doing them a favour
