Cabus
Actually the opposite, BA have not taken on any "Cadets" for many years, If I recall correctly they may have started in the last 12 months or so recruiting newbies. They will not however be online just yet and they will certainly be getting nowhere near a 747.
Direct entry F/O's on nearly all fleets for BA need 2000 hours with 1000 Jet hours.
If you want captains who deal with inexperienced Fo's then somewhere like Ryanair would be your better port of call not BA/Cathay. Ironic as it may be that many pilots are looking to leave places like ezy and FR to take the paycut at BA to get away from the "Cadet" culture.
In addition Cabus, all large carriers have training departments and I would imagine that BA's is probably one of the best (if not THE best) and you are no doubt correct about the pioneering work they and other legacy carriers did regarding CRM. But to have somebody pontificate on here about crap corporate safety standards and how the airlines have got it right all these years and then describe as
that there is a problem with a steep cockpit gradient is utter madness.
Which one is it?
And with regards the opinion that all pilots can do the corporate job without any problems, then everybody is entitled to their opinion. My opinion is not that the aircraft is going to do some great lomecovak into Leicester square like some would suggest that this is where my opinion lies. Of course an experienced BA/CATHAY/QUANTAS widebody pilot will be able to get in the bloody thing and get from
without any problem.
My issue is with the finer points of corporate aviation of which these pilots will not have had any exposure of... if ever....if not for a very long time.
I have no doubt that these skills will be aquired very quickly but will there be issues with passenger inconvenience and this so called higher plain of existence (known as airline safety) that highflight pontificates over in the meantime.
Highflight have you just discovered smilies???
Heres about the only one you havn't used yet
its called confused - ironic that