On the contrary gazumpy.
I am not crticising the virgin crew for descending below minima when they (by your account) did not yet have a fuel emergency. I think that was an appropriate course to take.
You are the one criticising the qantas crew for doing precisely the same thing.
From the report:
Both crew went below minima on their first attempts. Neither crew had declared an emergency at that stage. Virgin in descending to 300 feet below minima on their first attempt had not prepared the cabin for an emergency landing. No problem with that.
That was rightly done when they found themselves with no option but to not just descend below minima, but to descend all the way to the ground.
Gazumpy if you want to suggest that qantas were just hanging on and hoping for the best, well the same can be said for the virgin guys on their first attempt.
Its an absurd assertion to make but i wont try to stop you.