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Do Virgin have problems recuiting CC? The answer is NO!!! Ergo the salary package they offer does if not exceed market rate
£1B pounds profit? Are you anware of the crisis in the financal sector over the last 18 months, the impact that has had on the availability of capital to the wider business market and that until Jan the country has been in recession for the last 18 months? All of the above have significant impact on premium traffic which is where money is made.
If I was still crew and it dawned on me that I was being asked to take a 3.4% wagecut so the the CSD didn't have to send some time behind a trolley and with reduced cablin service little impact on maincrew (CSD's, I must admit the good ones that are committed to the passenger and the wellbeing of the company always did help in service in my experience) it would be a 2 words answer, foxtrot oscar