I must admit I always smile when I hear the Virgin ads on the radio and they talk about keeping "the air fair".... in view of the fact that they appear to have discriminatory employment practices.
Sure, there's always going to be someone who gets a job somewhere because they happen to know the right people. But from the comments circulating about Virgin one would assume that's the only way you can get a job at Virgin.
Am I right? Is there anyone out there who has been employed by Virgin who doesn't have the obligatory three mates on the inside batting for them?
I sympathise for those of you who meet
VB's minima (the plural of minimum) yet can't even get an interview. And I sympathise for those who have friends at Virgin but don't want to exploit that friendship or be a pain in the $%&* by hastling them to put in a good word for them.
Evidently the Australian tradition of 'mateship' over-rides the equally valuable Australian quality of giving everyone a fair go.
By the way, does Virgin employ any female pilots?