Sorry Guys, I understand how you feel out in the regions, as I said I use to work for BA but was one of the first to go and that was LHR.
Even still if your 18 and you want to be a licenced engineer and you want to get paid to get a BEng in aerospace engineering and you dont wont leave uni with a £15k student loan with no chance of a job because you aren't licenced - (sounds like me, your not the only ones haveing a hard time Im still trying to find work) - then I still rekon this is a good scheme.
I had a great time down at LHR, got to use the simulators free of charge, took loads of courier flights to the U.S not to mention hotline tickets, all in all not a bad life style for an 18 year old. Id say Im about 18 months out of date but you got to look to the future - this is a four year course!
Happy Landings Boys and Girls!