Virgin ops require min 4 pilots to LAX. Not enough skippers and FOs in the company to do that every flight.
Any external candidate with enough capacity to sit up out of bed in the morning won't bother with Virgin when QF offers the same job on twice the cash in an airline that the public actually respect.
Virgin are only just beginning to discover how important these SOs are to their 'token' flights.
This'll be fun to watch.
Game change complete