BA Take a proportion of their intake as cadets. I understand the selection and screening procedures to be such that the attrition rate is very high. In a similar vein to the cadet schemes successfully run by Aer Lingus for decades both the BA and the Aer Lingus schemes have been the bedrock of these airlines recruitment for years. These are the cadet schemes that any right minded youngster should have on the top of their priority list
Lets not start to pretend that the loco en masse path of over paying and starting on reduced wages is the same. Its not.
Plus BA and Aer Lingus havent shoved droves of low hour guys into the mix on low pay. They tend to act with more responsibility with respect to the wider industry.