Ref leaving easy for Virgin:
Story is they are ex-cadets who spent 2 years with Virgin Sun doing 2 sector days 4 times a month then had a couple of months on the 340 bunk before redundancy. As a result, so the story goes, they found 4 sector days with easy a bit of a shock... Of course this is only hearsay and I would hate to think this was true.
As for the pay- not only Go but easy and bmi F/Os take home about 500 - 800 quid per month more than me. When you balance in (?) pension and rosters I still think the short-haul guys are ahead. (Shame I biffed the easyJet sim really).