Originally Posted by
Meikleour
what next: in the early '70's BA ran sponsored courses for their cadets at OATS. This produced a CPL/IR + ATPL theory in 54 weeks!
PS in those days the course required 230 hrs of flying + 70 hrs of simulated flight (LINK - yes LINK! + Frasca + Comet sim. )
Not exactly degree scale in any way, is it?
Academic requirement is perhaps as much as 3-4 GCSEs in a year, if that.