Whatever efforts Virgin Australia Airlines are making to provide flyers with cheaper fares , one of their passengers would prefer that they spent a little more on the up keep of their planes . One irate passenger was so angry at the lack of cleanliness of his Virgin Australia plane during a flight from Sydney to Melbourne that he took a video of it and uploaded it to YouTube . The man known only as Stuart Mc called the video : ‘ Virgin Australia – A Disgrace. ’ What looks like a bolt is lying down the side of a seat along side some chewing gum . 'And they want us to believe Tiger is the discount carrier ... . this is the seat I was allocated this afternoon on VA 868 SYD to MEL . Obviously short cutting cleaning is the way to making a profit for Virgin Australia , ' Stuart Mc commented on the YouTube segment . However it was definitely a warts and all video with dirty seats the first thing that you see . Dust and grime also can bee seen lying down the side of the seat . As the camera pans along you then see what looks like chewing gum , dust , grime and bits of paper down the side of the seat . It 's clear that the seats and down the side of them had not been cleaned for quite a while . Even the arm rests were dirty . It was a gross rather than great experience . Not that it was the only airline to be a loser in the cleanliness stakes . After splashing out up to £9,000 on first class flights on British Airways from Gatwick to the Caribbean , on what was supposed to be a 'trip of a lifetime ' , TV news presenter Owen Thomas was horrified to find dirt and grime caked around his first class seat . Dust , detritus and hairs can be clearly seen in an other shot . The arm rest of the seat has obviously not been washed for a while . Videoing the evidence , the former BBC anchorman posted the evidence on Twitter , dubbing the service 'Filth Class ' . Narrating the short 30-second video , the presenter explains : 'So this is BA first class and it is abs filthy . You see the marks on here , most of these you can just actually scrape off . 'You see the stains down here . It 's when you open your seat that the real horror begins . There is also dust and dirt down the side of the arm rest . 'This is first class . This is British Airways First Class . It 's disgusting . ' The former BBC anchorman and reporter flew off to St Lucia with a companion on Saturday in First Class seats that retail on BA 's website for nearly £9,000 each in peak-season January . In 2000 , the Virgin brand entered the Australian aviation market for the first time . The new brand Virgin Australia was launched in May 2011 to be Australia ’ s airline of choice .
A passenger was angry at the loss of his Virgin Australia plane . He took a video of it and posted it on YouTube . The video was called : ‘ cutting Australia – A Disgrace ’ ' Short ##hole cleaning is the way to make a profit , ' the passenger said . Chewing gum , dust , dirt and bits of paper can be seen everywhere .