HI Andrew,just to let you know B.A. dont recruit direct onto 777/747 for longhaul-you have to do a good few years with eurofleet(LHR B.A shorthaul).I fly for a franchise of B.A'S called British Mediterranean airways we fly to all of the middle east and c.i.s destinations-it's a small company and i know that we are recruiting for more crew as we are getting new aircraft and expanding our fleet early next year.check out our website which will give you more info:-
www.britishmediterranean.com
Just one bit of advice is that the interviews can be quite hard and you find that your have to play with lego bricks and build things as part of group exercises!!,If you dont get in at the first airline or the second dont give up - but once your in your have a fab time.
regards to money the basic is usally around £7500.00-£9500.00 (depending on airline)then you will get an hourly rate of pay while your on duty and commission.
depending on airline again you might get:-
good travel perks(discounted holidays/flights etc)
private health care
pension scheme etc etc etc
good luck
CaptainCool.