I'm curious about an aspect of the financing.
Let's say hypothetically you get through every stage and are ultimately selected. To qualify for BA to act as guarantor on the 84k bond (100k loan, etc), realistically how good a credit history are they looking for?
Whilst at university I got in a financial mess and damaged my credit rating. Have since entirely paid off all the issues in full but I suppose I'm not out of the 6 year period it generally takes to get back up to full health.
Not that it'd be my only financial option, but it'd be good to know it existed.
On another note, I really don't get people complaining about the starting salary. I'd be dropping my income quite considerably if I was lucky enough to be accepted. I'd more than happily take that on the chin for a few years for the chance to fly for BA.