BA recruitment was rumoured within the company last year to begin this autumn. We are now there with not a peep, so bets are off until even later it would appear - it would be a guess that 3-6 months is the latest estimate that is not likely to be certain by any means.
Timzsta - unfortately it would appear that people who are sponsoring and hae in the recent past will take the highest qualified people of those who are the best. As a result with few places even if there are great people without degrees it would appear that the great people with degrees are the ones who get the places, for whatever reason the airline is justifying.
In the last BA sponsorships that occurred there were very few non-graduates as a proportion and even they were not fresh out of school by any means - except one or two.
There is nothing wrong with hoping that is will re-occur, and I would doubt that BA will go for recruitment of frozen ATPLs in the near future either, as it has simply never been their policy. Cadets have been proven to be a low-cost asset in the long run, though if that holds true in the future we don't know.
Not everyone can afford to throw all their cash at training, nor are many people as risk-loving. Don't get jealous Zimbu as everyone else will get their with determination, whatever way, one day. Being more realistic also means, for many, not paying for a licence in a period with such a poor job market.
Paul has obviously never heard of Future Size and Shape, and the effects that it has had on the manpower reduction within BA. The only recruitment is internal - don't waste their time.
If you were for real, you would provide advice on how to present yourself and not give a simply flippant, useless sentence as 'know how to present yourself'. Bet your mates think you're a pratt.