Originally Posted by
cryptoknight
For BA, they have exclusively accepted UK citizens thus far. They do not explicitly state that they will not accept foreigners or individuals of non-white ethnicity, except for specific exceptional cases, such as non-white individuals with British citizenship. How did I come to know this? I submitted applications for two friends with identical responses: (1) White & UK citizen, and (2) non-white & non-UK citizen. Only the application from (1) was successful, while (2) was unsuccessful.
Furthermore, it's worth noting that in the photos of all applicants, the majority appear to be UK citizens, with nearly all being white.
You submitted a duplicate application, of course it was rejected, the system isn’t stupid!
You seem to want to make a thing about ethnicity for some reason. The recruitment team will have no visibility of it on an individual basis. It’s just for data gathering purposes. That’s recruitment 101 for anything larger than a chip shop and has been for years.
The UK’s visa rules prohibit them from sponsoring cadets that do not have right to work in the UK, because the basic salary required for the visa is not met in the first year. If you don’t like that then write to your MP, nothing BA can do about it. All explained in the live Q&As that have been run repeatedly to allow people to ask questions of the recruitment team.
Put the foil hat away.