Originally Posted by
FuturePilot_123
agree re. your comment on sittings and timeline, but disagree with your statement on demographic.
With these opportunities comes an element of risk for BA - they need highly skilled competent people who can digest the sheer volume of theory in the ATPLs and pass all flight training exams.
Being a modular student and having some ATPLs under your belt, doesn’t necessarily mean you can and will get to the end goal of funding all the training.
So your assumption is inaccurate. I wouldn’t call a 30k loan a “plan”.
Having being involved in the recruitment process for cadet schemes this is correct. Most completely underestimate the ATPL syllabus and it is a huge amount of complex theory to understand. We wanted to see something on your application that proves you can handle that, whether it's great A levels, a solid STEM degree or even some ATPL passes which shows you are aware of what is involved.
The ATPL theory is the stage most drop out at in Integrated courses and that is a huge risk for sponsored schemes.
PPL and ATPL theory are the cheap parts of modular training and in order to be able to pay for overall life costs during a full time course then you'll need to be in a financially strong position anyway unless you are still younger and living with parents.
A 30k a loan wouldn't even cover PPL, hour building and ATPL exams at current UK prices.