'Don't clip my wings': Virgin Australia flight attendants facing redundancy post emotional plea for help to keep the struggling airline in the sky
- Young Aussie flight attendants are calling for support to keep their dream jobs
- Virgin Australia staff are sharing videos pleading for the company to stay afloat
- 10,000 jobs are up in the air as company goes into voluntary administration
Virgin Australia flight attendants have launched an emotional Tik Tok campaign asking for the struggling airline to be saved.
Members of the airline's cabin crew have been posting videos sharing their memories of working for the company and calling for help to keep it afloat.
Virgin Australia announced on Tuesday it will be going into voluntary administration, leaving 16,000 direct and indirect jobs in jeopardy until it is restructured or rescued.
Ebony Millar is one of dozens of the crew members who is facing an uncertain future because of Tuesday's announcement
The flight attendants including Tejlia Lucas (pictured) are among the 16,000 employees whose jobs are on the line if the airline doesn't return when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted
Ebony Millar is one of dozens of crew members now facing an uncertain future.
She has been sharing videos to her social media pleading for support after her 'wings were clipped' due to the COVID-19 crisis.
In one TikTok video Ms Millar urges her followers to help 'keep us flying'.
'A lot of people thought that working as a flight attendant could be the best job ever. I'm lucky enough to be one of those people,' she said.
Ms Millar (pictured) said she was 'lucky enough' to have gotten the 'best job ever' as a flight attendant for Virgin Australia in a video on social media
While others have been sharing short clips of them changing from their everyday clothes into their uniforms - all with the same message 'don't clip my wings'
'With the chance of travelling, everyone, anywhere, looking always presentable and meeting a lot of people, someone wouldn't ask for more.'
While others like Hannah Seymour (pictured) have been sharing short clips of them changing from their everyday clothes into their uniforms - all with the same message 'don't clip my wings'
She spoke of the joys of helping 'hundreds of customers' and moments where you can see the difference in a passenger's flight.
'It might be seeing the relief on a mother's face when you move her and her newborn to the bassinet in the back row,' Ms Millar said.
'Sometimes it's just a look of appreciation you get from a bunch of excited travellers when you deliver them a round of gin and tonics they weren't expecting.
Others like Tehlia Lucas, Elisha, Ringvall and Hannah Seymour have been sharing short clips of them changing from their everyday clothes into their uniforms - all with the same message 'don't clip my wings'.
Ms Seymour captioned one video - 'Feels good to be in my uniform again!' While other simply urged followers to 'save Virgin' so they'll be able to come fly with her.
Another VA flight attendant, Melissa Rizk, simply wrote: 'I love and miss my job, help keep the air fair.'
The girls have been sharing content to Tik Tok and Instagram using the hashtags 'savevirgin,' and 'keeptheairfair'.
Virgin Australia announced Administrator Vaughan Strawbridge said there are no plans to make any of the airline staff redundant during a media briefing on Thursday.
He said employees still on the books will continue to be paid while the 8,000 who have been stood down will continue to receive the Jobkeeper allowance.
The girls are hoping they'll return to the air when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and air travel becomes more commonplace
