British Airways’ cadet training programme is in its third
successful year and with just a week to go until applications close, the
airline is appealing for more female applicants.
The airline’s ‘Future Pilot Programme’, an 18-month pilot training
course, has proved popular and has attracted around 5,000 applicants for
less than one hundred places in its first two years.
The programme helps applicants to gain a place at an approved flight
training school, with successful candidates landing a job as a British
Airways pilot.
The top flight cadets will start their training, at one of three
British Airways approved flight training schools in Oxford, Southampton
and Jerez in Spain.
During their training, students complete their ground theory
training, cockpit instrument rating and flight training, flying light
aircraft in Spain, New Zealand or Arizona in the US.
The final two months of the programme is completed on British
Airways’ multimillion pound simulators at the airline’s flight training
centre near Heathrow, where the cadets will learn to achieve and
maintain British Airways’ high standards.
British Airways’ director of flight operations, Captain Stephen Riley
said, “This is an exciting period for our Future Pilot Programme
initiative. We are taking applications for the third year running and
I’m proud to say our first ever cadets are also in the final stages of
their course.”
“Even though we have more female pilots than any other UK carrier,
the number doesn’t nearly represent the general population, and I
actively encourage any women considering a career in flying to apply.“
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