Marshall I think you will find that most airlines world wide (including Virgin) still have a no entry policy to anyone other than company crew or a CASA (in Oz) inspector. It is a bit sad that we cant let guys like yourself in, as in my opinion we should be encouraging blokes like yourself to get up the front and have a look.
Hopefully when things settle down and they devise a known pilots registar for confirmation of identity, you will get your wish.