During the recent pay restructuring in BA, one of BALPA's aims was to either do away with the £15,000 repayment for cadets, or to remove the differential pay between Training Entry Pilots and Direct Entry Pilots. In reality, the £15,000 replayment remained, and the pay differential actually increased!
This increase in pay differential basically means:
A new Cadet Entry Pilot now, would pay back £56,136 for his/her training.
A new Training Entry Pilot (low houred pilot) currently pays back £41,136.
These figures are comparisons between two short haul pilots in their first 4 years, and the differentials increase with every pay rise. The difference between a CEP and a TEP is always £15000.
Basically, this agreement has killed off the BA Cadet scheme for good. As the previous poster rightly says, what is a TEP getting for this £41,136 other than the chance to join BA?