You are wrong. The Cabin crew work 43% of the hours that a cabin technician works. That means the CC earn a higher basic wage than the technician.
I assume thats based on the 900 flying hours & not total working hours (check-in to check-in). The cabin tech would also be getting shift allowance for working shift on top of the basic, so add's insult to injury for those poorly paid FSM's!!!!
One thing that rings true from all the posts on all the forums, VS has turned into the establishment it set out to beat. Big corporate buildings, loads of managers & Leslie Philips telling you how good looking you are!! The chaps i know from the "old days" say that things worked better when they did it all from a warehouse at Lowfield Heath (and a lot cheaper).