BA are an equal opportunities employer (provided you're medically fit)! So you'll be considered irrespective of gender, skin colour, etc, hence the adverts in Cosmo and so on.
The thing is, most people who want to fly aeroplanes in the UK are white males, therefore the vast majority of pilots are bound to fit that description.
In Singapore, the laws are different! Stop chewing!! (for example)
[This message has been edited by airforcenone (edited 25 May 2001).]