" Originally Posted by pr00ne
Er, UK companies have some pretty large apprenticeship schemes in the technical field, and they are growing ever larger all the time. BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, MBDA, JCB, JLR, Bentley, Aston Martin, Mclaren, Babcock, Tata Steel, British Steel and Sheffield Forgemasters are just some of the companies who are trumpeting record apprenticeship intakes."
All very well for PRODUCTION companies who train their apprentices to be their future home-grown engineers - but none of which teach the maintenance of aircraft except at Fitter/Mechanic level for military contracts. What is lacking in this underspending training contract are people who are qualified to sign off CIVIL aircraft maintenance to Cat B & C levels.