DJ_Blue_Guy,
I'll apologise in advance if i have somehow misinterpreted what you've written, but why would someone from recruitment reveal information which implies that the company will cease to exist in the near future? Theoretically, that information should be released to the sharemarket (DJ being a publicly listed company), so i don't understand how someone from recruitment would know this information and present it as fact without the rest of the public knowing.
I think that your post was intended as a discussion point. However, i don't really think that it is appropriate for us (outsiders) to be discussing the future of Virgin Blue's thousands of employees in a public forum.
I suppose that you should just be thankful that they've had the decency and courtesy to 'touch base'. MANY airlines around the world wouldn't.
Best of luck with your application and i hope that we both make it on-line at some stage.