wilso10,
I wouldn't rule yourself out for not wanting to read 101 pages of this. I can help with question 1. Quite a few of my FPP colleagues started with no flying experience at all. Never even a trial flight. There are people with 300 hours on the other hand! If you can demonstrate your motivation to fly without previous experience then there's no reason why you shouldn't stand a good chance. Also from what I understand, there's never been an even split of successful applicants between the FTO's. At the end of the day BA will take the people they want, even if that means taking more than initially planned. All the best.