may I ask if the Lufthansa Acadamy is the same as was set up in the 60's ? Highly selected young men & women were selected and trained and PAID FOR in order to join the sponsoring Airline, or, has the Acadamy developed into the commercial world where so called "Cadets", in fact, pay for their own training & not, therefore, subjected to the rigorous criteria of the past ?
It is not the 60s anymore, but the academy is basically still the same although conditions have slightly changed. The selection process is still very strict and the training is paid for by Lufthansa, however, the cadet does have to pay back some of the training cost once he has got a job with a Lufthansa company, but there is no loan to take out at all. Currently the selection is a selection done in three steps (BU or basic tests, FQ or company qualification and company medical), however it is possible to fail at several points during those steps.