Originally Posted by
RJ100
Last week BACF changed the process. All recruitment for FO and DEC will now be handled by BA Mainline. I’m not sure how it was listed prior to this but now you’ll see BACityFlyer under pilot roles on the main BA careers pilot page. It will also be the same process as BA interviews.
All those invited for interview from Sept 21st for dates starting in October will now be via the new process.
Alot of experienced skippers have,in the past, applied to BA and no doubt been through the BA recruitment process. Why would they wish to submit themselves to the BA process again, just to fly for CitiFlyer?
Why would an FO not simply apply for BA? The aptitude requirements are very specific, 10% pass. Hence the shortage of BA suitable crew. The rest of the world seem to operate quite happily without this esoteric recruitment process.
I tried to go BA way 20 years ago. The results wouldn’t be any different this time around!