I'm really not too surprised to hear Virgin are soon to recruit as it has been a lash up from the start, offers of voluntary redundancies were quickly taken up by Cabin crew as they all appeared to realise they could take the money, have a few months off then be recruited in the new year. Thanks Dick.
Not that great a way to save money though. Also strange how crew worked this out and overpaid, overstaffed management (or company council) failed to notice.
Talking of company council, did anyone actually get asked by cc for an opinion or maybe a vote?
How did the comms go during negotiation?
Does this system work, as in my experience, this has generally been a bone of contention and used by the cc guys for there own means, in the guise of the greater good. Maybe something like accepting lots of redundancies and taking a poor pay deal / freeze, worse conditions, crew food cutbacks etc, but some keeping fairly comfy.
Ring any bells?