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The cabin supervisor held back tears to deliver an emotional farewell speech to her staff and crew as her plane was about to land. “Tough times don’t last,” she signed off, “but tough people do”.
As the business announces it’s standing down 8,000 workers and cutting capacity, Australian Aviation reveals what routes are affected, employees’ legal rights, the union’s reaction and how the airline will change when the crisis is finally over.
Virgin Australia’s chief executive Paul Scurrah has hinted the airline group will not simply carry on as before when the COVID-19 crisis finally ends.
The Transport and Workers Union has urged the government to pay 80 per cent of stood down Virgin employees’ wages.
On Wednesday, the Virgin Group announced it was to increase domestic capacity reductions from 50 to 90 per cent, including the immediate suspension of all Tigerair services.
Virgin Australia will cut flying in its domestic network by 90 per cent and has followed Qantas in standing down 8000 workers.
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