?I'm confused?
How come the people who *claim* to be more committed to BA than to flying itself bothered putting themselves through the pilot selection process (sometimes on more than one occasion)? The queue to become a bean counter or middle-management person (or HR consultant..well.. er.. on second thoughts.....) is round the corner behind the wheelie-bins, and if in doubt, it's the short one.
Of course, if you get through the selection process then you have as much right to be there as anybody else, and I'm not trying to belittle your achievements, since, if you have all the options open to you, then it is your perogative to take them, whatever your motivation may be. That is my rational reaction....
However... My gut reaction would be to say: The BA CEP scheme is the best opportunity in the country for people with a burning ambition to be a pilot. The precious 200 places a year are too few and too valuable to be taken up by people who are "indifferent to the whole flying thing". If that truly is the case, then even aside, perhaps, from my own jealousy, it still saddens me that these opportunities are going to people who do not have the passion for flying to be able to fully appreciate them. If you want to work for BA, then work for BA, and enjoy it, but STOP CLUTTERING UP THE GUCCI FLYING OPPORTUNITIES!
I'm sorry if this sounds bitter and resentful. I'm sure you're all lovely people, and I mean that, but I'd be surprised if the same thought hadn't crossed everyone else's mind at some point, given the nature and purpose of the forum we are all posting on.
Goodnight all.
Pie