Originally Posted by
Aj2017
It is completely irrelevant, that’s the whole point of the scheme - to make the financial side of things irrelevant and not a factor in decision making. It’s a scheme open to everyone, regardless of age, gender, qualifications, ethnicity or financial situation.
Yes it is a scheme open to everyone, but you’re misunderstanding why. It’s to help bolster the ability for the poorest to become BA aircrew. The poorest sections of society are from BME backgrounds. You’re more likely to be from a poverty effected family if you’re of Bangladeshi, Pakistani or Black African decent - it’s removing THE biggest of barriers for these groups.
It doesn’t of course mean these groups are most likely to succeed in application, although it wouldn’t surprise me if there’s been some positive action in these communities to encourage applicants and to support them.