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Old 19th Oct 2017, 10:16
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Dracarys
 
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It’s a self-perpetuating problem. People want to fly for an airline so badly they would give up their right arm for the opportunity. Training providers and airlines know this, and take full advantage of it. As unrealistic as it is, if nobody applied for such cadet schemes and nobody went to the big training providers with £100k in their back pockets then airlines and training providers would have to improve their offering. As things stand, though, this will not happen. Indeed, when I went through my training it was only about £85k, so the evidence suggests it’s getting more expensive and more difficult. If it’s now £115k then the cost of the course has increased by about 35% in the space of only a few years, which is clearly an unsustainable increase in the long run.

Nevertheless, for those who can afford it this is still a great opportunity to get into BA and I wish those applying nothing but the best of luck. Once you make it through the whole thing life is pretty good.
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