How times have changed!
Came across this when looking into the history of Hamble. Advert for a cadetship with BEA/BOAC circa 1967. Featured a photograph of dashing two striped FO wearing his cap and a huge cheesy grin sitting behind the wheel of the latest sports coupe with a rather fun looking blonde in the passenger seat. The tailplane of a BOAC VC10 is in the foreground as the two freeloaders speed off to their five star hotel for a bit of 'hows your father.' (apologies, last bit was my imagination getting carried away with itself).
B.E.A - B.O.A.C. be an airline pilot join the flying elite
Inter-continental jets at high speed and high altitude across the world; a life of travel; great capitals; friends spread out along world routes; high salary; skill and status - The BOAC/BEA Joint Pilot Training Scheme offer sponsored training to young men seeking a career as a civil airline pilot. The initial training course lasts approximately eighteen months.(just over a year if you are a graduate), and comprises over 225 hours flying in addition to many hours spent on equipment which simulates flight conditions without leaving the ground. You would also receive extensive instruction in the many subjects associated with flying; navigation, communications, aerodynamics, propulsion units, electrics and electronics; radar . in fact. the whole range of the aero-sciences,
Your initial training Course could be held at Hamble, Oxford or Perth, and when at its conclusion you hold a Commercial Pi1ots Licence and Instrument Rating, you would be offered a pilot's contract with BOAC or BEA. To make application you should be between 18-24 years of age (up to 26 for graduates),be inexcellent health,and have passes in 5 G.C.E. subjects, including English Language, Mathematics and one of the following science subjects: Physics, Physics-with-Chemistry, Chemistry or General Science. Passes in two subjects must be at 'A' level. If you are reading for a degree we would prefer it to have a science content.
Medical examinations are held in London, and the selection procedure for all candidates will be carried out at Hamble.