Virgin Atlantic reviews about "cabin crew"

You will experience tiredness like never before, if you are commuting it can become dangerous. I was within their distance limit of 1 hr 45 minutes but crew travel from all over the UK and also Europe. I have spoken to staff who have been so tired they have been in serious accidents trying to get home. You are given rest on board however from my personal experience it is not always guaranteed. I have had 9 hour flights with no crew rest and also had 6 hour flights with management who dont believe in giving crew rest on under 8 hour shifts. Keep in mine that although the flight might only be 6/7 hours, you will be awake around 18-24 hours at a time. My longest time awake from one trip was 37 hours! The pay is disgraceful compared to other airlines and what the team put their bodies through. I was earing £19,200 and had to kill myself picking up extra trips for the additional sector pay of £56 per flight. However if you then fall into high hours, you will be sat at home with only your basic income.

Zero respect from Crew Managers towards the cabin crew community. The company expect the world and give very little in return. Too much backstabbing at all levels. You really don’t know who you can trust. Many crew don’t like receiving feedback or being coached. Experienced managers are treated like fools who have to explain and justify everything they do. The image portrayed by the company is very different to the reality. Virgin Atlantic was once a big happy family. Those days are long gone. The company doesn’t value experience. They’re always ready and willing to get rid of long serving crew when the opportunity arises. Despite the government offering furlough during Covid to enable companies to keep their staff, many airlines including Virgin Atlantic used the opportunity to get rid of crew they no longer wanted. They were quickly replaced with younger people on different contracts. If you want to work for a company who offers job security and where you’ll feel appreciated, Virgin Atlantic is not the company to join.

Terrible senior leadership team (don't believe cabin crew should be treated fairer) Pay is absolutely shocking Terrible sustinance allowances for when down route Short trips Minimum days off between trips Hard to progress within the company

The business very much views cabin crew as bottom of the pile, the crew management team are unqualified to manage individuals and complex circumstances, it’s dis organised and frustrating. If you’re a female with a young child you can pretty much get what you want (don’t get me wrong this is extremely progressive and great for working mothers) but as a male with family issues you are treated completely differently. The business as recent has dropped hiring standards completely, hiring many young new staff with poor work ethic and more interest in their social media profile than maintaining pillars of the brand. Promotion is given to those that volunteer time off and are friendly with management, rather than performance metrics.

They lie about what your life will be like. Have very little time off. Their cabin crew have second jobs to afford to just live whilst their CEO was the highest paid CEO in Europe in the same year he made 75% of his staff redundant.

Poor management who have no respect for the cabin crew. Dreadful wage.

The pay for cabin crew is poor

Low pay that keeps getting lower Turnarounds are now shorter and trips more tiring The senior management don’t really care about the crew. Conditions and pay are getting worse. We’re financially less well off and more tired than ever.