If this is a route Virgin are looking to take what's the chances of them dropping the weight requirement and start considering experienced people flying Turboprops and regional Jets. Surely if you intend to put an individual with no commercial experience and only the minimum number of hours for licence issue in the RHS and say they are more than capable to operate Wide body aircraft in the Long Haul environment an experienced Pilot with plenty of time served should be given the same respect. Of course it's their train set managed by the cheapest option the accountants come up with!!