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April 21, 2020 17: 09:46
Pilot Daniel Lang was amongst the 80 per cent of staff stood down by Virgin Australia in late March, however already had another job when the company today announced it had actually gotten in voluntary administration.
After flying with Virgin for 12 years, he’s now stacking racks at his local grocery store.
Bottom line:
- Administrators Deloitte say more redundancies aren’t prepared, but some personnel aren’t waiting to learn
- For some pilots, it’s a case of deja vu after Ansett’s failure
- Tourist regions say they depend on low airfares from competitors, and high capacity
” I never ever thought anything like that was underneath me.
Deloitte, the administrators designated to Virgin Australia overnight, said there wer