Well I, for one, certainly wasn't born with a '
silver spoon in my mouth', indeed I don't even remember having a spoon (
queue the 'Yorkshiremen' sketch)... and therein I can attest that this was
not easy an easy club to join, and that it was much to do with sheer bloody mindedness on my part (
which probably accounts for why I don't take any **** from management... 'coz, to get where I am today, I paid my apprenticeship dues, and just who the fook are they?! ); Yep, it took me f'ing ages and I worked in all manner of jobs to pay for it; but get there I did, in the end !
I do however agree that for the last few years (
certainly so since self-funded Type-Ratings became the norm for entry level jobs) that it's become a rich boys club... and that, in more than a few instances (
when training these folk), it's become apparent that a number of them have joined the club more so due to them having the funds, rather than due to them possessing (
much as I might hate the expression) the 'right-stuff' !
Whilst this new 'scheme' (
scam? ) no doubt provides some good
PR for BA, with an £84,000 entry fee, it will not help to level the playing field.