Good luck with VBA, it is quite obvious that VBA and QAN is heading different way. Virgin is hiring lots of ex Qantas employees. Hope they are hiring them at a less salary than Qantas paid otherwise VBA will just go down like QAN in the next few years.
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/200405/20110819/virgin-australia-to-hire-qantas-axed-employees.htm