Originally Posted by
ToCatLady
There were 10 who attended my assessment day and only 4 of us were "suitable" to BA - ie UK citizens, UK Licence holders, current and with the hours required. The rest were a mix of non-UK resident or licence holders along with folk who hadn't flown since 2020. One or two who attended just for the experience but had already started elsewhere and bonded.
Very slim pickings out there to find the right person for the right job who now has to have the correct passport & licence pus XX amount of experience. One bloke even asked the BA recruitment skipper if BA will be sponsoring Visas
Indeed, they are sponsoring. As non-UK citizen living outside of UK and holding UK license, I had video interview a couple days back and they have ruled me out from the progress. Although sponsoring is on the table as a last line of defense to cope with the shortage, their first preference is to hire UK Citizens, which is completely understandable.