I think that WWW is right. You can't choose an FTO on the off chance that a chief pilot happens to put their head round the door asking for some cv's. I think that could be included in one of the many reasons for choosing an FTO but probably shouldn't be the most important consideration.
As most of us will be aware though BA stated recently at the Professional Flight Training Seminar at Heathrow:
- They recruit Direct Entry Pilots (1500hrs + and type rated).
- They obviously take in pilots when they are sponsoring.
AND
- They take self sponsored cadets from ab-initio courses from selected FTOs.
Obviously a good contact inside BA would be more favourable but failing that (as in the case of 99.9% of wannabes) I know where I would rather be training given the choice.
PT
