The swedish virgin,
The weak pound sounds like a blessing to UK pilots. If it makes the pay of UK airlines look relatively poor then the flood of european pilots looking to take British pilot jobs should diminish. There are many unemployed yet well qualified british pilots who live in the UK who would be delighted to work for Virgin with its present T & Cs. They would probably also then live in the UK and pay UK tax. That is the benefit of not being in the euro, in that we (the UK) can devalue the pound to become relatively more competative. Imports become more expensive but if a resource can then be purchased locally (i.e. pilots) then there is no need to pay the increased cost of the import (the foreign pilot).
This is deliberately provocative but I hope it makes the point and provokes some discussion.
Regards