Half of my friends are applying and most of them wouldn't know what an A330 was if it hit them in the face.
I hate this. This was my number one concern when I seen it on the bbc and facebook etc. At least half of the applicants if not more will be people that have thought "That sounds cool, I'm going to apply" without knowing bugger all about aircraft or about what being a pilot entails. However, I do think these people will be found out. Firstly, there's the £250 assessment fee + travel and hotel expenses etc which they are probably not aware of. That will deter a good amount of time wasters from attending. Then there's the application itself. The quality of an application can be a reflection of ones desire to become an airline pilot. Finally there's the interview and other tests. CTC aren't idiots and they should be able to distinguish between the applicants that have serious motivation and the one's that don't via the interview itself.