IMO, the bigger barrier is the amount of time needed away from home during studies and then when trying to establish a career, which is very off-putting for (most) women who have aspirations of a family life at some point.
This goes for in the job afterwards too. Of course balancing a career and kids is tough for any parent, but as a pilot this problem is exasperated.
To give my 2p on the issue; I can understand why EZY are doing this but IMO its the wrong way to go about it.
BA had a similar press stunt thing before last year's FPP in which they wheeled out Carol Vordamnmnmnmnmnmnmn to gee up some interest from women.
The people going through the CTC/FTE/Oxford type schools are predominantly young males from white, middle class families. Maybe a more sensible idea would be to offer funding support to successful candidates so the scheme was accessible to a wider demographic.
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