It still may be a great place to work. But not as great as it was before.
No more free parties at Xmas, or getting invited to dickie's house anymore. No more valentines or Xmas pressies. Those were the sort of touches that made virgin special.
Also a new upper class product which is worse than the previous one. It's like being in a coffin. Poor cabin crew had to deal with several complaints about it on my last flight.
As for expansion? What new routes are coming up ? Atlanta was a trade off for a NY slot with delta. Sydney has gone.
New B789 aircraft were necessary as the A346 was hopeless and the B744 will cost a fortune on it's next heavy maintenance.
I stand corrected and agree that they must be lining up some sort of recruitment if they're going to be at the flyer exhibition. Suspect the bean counters have figured out it will somehow reduce their costs. MPL / Cruise pilots maybe. But for what routes? West Coast USA ? South Africa ? Far East (HK, PVG, NRT) ?