Ba Recruiting App Graduates!
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How about this as a 'spin-free' version, based on information received?
BA have identified a potential need for up to 24 recruits on terms similar to their old SSP scheme. The first to be called forward for the interview/selection process will be cadets selected before 9/11 and subsequently dumped who completed their training elsewhere. I believe several of these went to Jerez, several went through CTC (and are now flying for EasyJet) and one went to Oxford. BA are considering taking the remaining candidates from certain FTOs on a recommendation. The FTOs in the frame are Jerez, Cabair, Oxford and CTC. I'm led to believe that the decision to go beyond interviewing the previously selected cadets has yet to be made.
BA have identified a potential need for up to 24 recruits on terms similar to their old SSP scheme. The first to be called forward for the interview/selection process will be cadets selected before 9/11 and subsequently dumped who completed their training elsewhere. I believe several of these went to Jerez, several went through CTC (and are now flying for EasyJet) and one went to Oxford. BA are considering taking the remaining candidates from certain FTOs on a recommendation. The FTOs in the frame are Jerez, Cabair, Oxford and CTC. I'm led to believe that the decision to go beyond interviewing the previously selected cadets has yet to be made.
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Hey Guys
Glad to hear BA is recruting again.
Just a question does anyone know if this scheme is a one off or will it be run every year or twice a year i hope to start a integrated course in 2006??
Any info would be greatful but with the change in this industry it could be a one off!!
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ADWJENK
Glad to hear BA is recruting again.
Just a question does anyone know if this scheme is a one off or will it be run every year or twice a year i hope to start a integrated course in 2006??
Any info would be greatful but with the change in this industry it could be a one off!!
Cheers
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>>I remember him saying that the order of preference was:
1) Candidates that are experienced and rated on the type they are being recruited to.
2) Candidates that are experienced on other types.
3) Integrated graduates.
He went on to say that as there is an abundance of candidates that fit in to categories 1 & 2, <<
I've been waiting desperately for BA to drop their requirements. They haven't yet advertised for any pilots who perhaps don't have a type rating but do have experience on other types. So how come they're going straight for low-houred guys straight out of training?
1) Candidates that are experienced and rated on the type they are being recruited to.
2) Candidates that are experienced on other types.
3) Integrated graduates.
He went on to say that as there is an abundance of candidates that fit in to categories 1 & 2, <<
I've been waiting desperately for BA to drop their requirements. They haven't yet advertised for any pilots who perhaps don't have a type rating but do have experience on other types. So how come they're going straight for low-houred guys straight out of training?
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so informative was your post that it has been deleted MP??!! 
You referred to me in your post so don't argue on a technicality.
I totally agree there are no guarantees, but it is very worthy news on this forum and by the number of hits, a lot of people are interested in this news. When you heard the news on Friday, you may not have wished to run to Pprune to tell everyone, but as a member of this forum for a reasonable length of time, I knew there would be particular members interested in this thread.
After all, that's what its here for aint it?
You referred to me in your post so don't argue on a technicality.
I totally agree there are no guarantees, but it is very worthy news on this forum and by the number of hits, a lot of people are interested in this news. When you heard the news on Friday, you may not have wished to run to Pprune to tell everyone, but as a member of this forum for a reasonable length of time, I knew there would be particular members interested in this thread.
After all, that's what its here for aint it?
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You've overplayed reality a bit, moo.
"Ba Recruiting App Graduates!
This is hot off the press guys and gals - British Airways have asked Oxford for 24 APP graduates!"
I'm ready for time to prove me wrong here but BA, by your own admission, have not asked Oxford for 24 APP graduates. More like one bloke who went to Oxford having been previously dumped by BA is being asked back for an interview and they may ask Oxford and a few other schools for recommendations if they can't recover the cadets they had previously selected from the other airlines and jobs they ended up in.
Oxford's website is over egging the pudding to the point where its nearly all egg and no pudding. No change there, then.
"Ba Recruiting App Graduates!
This is hot off the press guys and gals - British Airways have asked Oxford for 24 APP graduates!"
I'm ready for time to prove me wrong here but BA, by your own admission, have not asked Oxford for 24 APP graduates. More like one bloke who went to Oxford having been previously dumped by BA is being asked back for an interview and they may ask Oxford and a few other schools for recommendations if they can't recover the cadets they had previously selected from the other airlines and jobs they ended up in.
Oxford's website is over egging the pudding to the point where its nearly all egg and no pudding. No change there, then.
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At the time of the post alex I was under the impression that the title of the post was true, and we are on a rumour forum. I was given more information today and from that I stated that the cadets were not exclusively going to be from Oxford, as I openly admitted.
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Here is a bit from the email he sent out:
'Their selection could take place in November or earlier. It should be noted that two other FTOs have also been approached but we anticipate that our graduates should get at least half of the places'
Good news for Oxford, hopefully this ups the moral there. They will be dining out on this bit of news for years, and there will be more APP loans taken out than ever......
It is at best 12 places for Oxford by Mike's own admission. Be interesting to see how APP grads get on.
We all knew if BA did start recruiting they would go to OAT, but lets not forget they are looking eleswhere...
'Their selection could take place in November or earlier. It should be noted that two other FTOs have also been approached but we anticipate that our graduates should get at least half of the places'
Good news for Oxford, hopefully this ups the moral there. They will be dining out on this bit of news for years, and there will be more APP loans taken out than ever......
It is at best 12 places for Oxford by Mike's own admission. Be interesting to see how APP grads get on.
We all knew if BA did start recruiting they would go to OAT, but lets not forget they are looking eleswhere...
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The comments made are incredibly interesting and make much discussion! I am currently embarking upon my commercial training and work for BA based a LHR as Cabin Crew. Having previously applied for the Oxford APP together with passing the aptitude tests but not being able to raise the money I am now faced, having worked 3 jobs and still continuing to do so, go modular or intergrated. From what I can gather from decision makers within BA everything is very positive for the future.
Being at the cross roads to go modular or with the APP Oxford course which means I will need to wait at least a year and half or two until I can start whilst I raise funds is challenging. Knowing the airline, it's culture, general trends and from what I can gather from those pilots online I have chosen to take the later option such that I can increase my chances of obtaining a job with the worlds favourite airline!
I know one thing, I have wanted to fly for 19 years and think the industry we all thrive to be within is the best in the world. Having worked for BA, and within a different industry our love, passion and dedication for a profession that has no comparison must be maintained throughout. I feel as though we must keep a positive view of everything within this industry so we help not just ourselves but everyone out there to obtain the same end point.
It's incredibly exciting to be joining the ranks of those on this forum who have completed what I am, not shortly, about to embark upon and salute you all. I hope this message is received as a statement of motivation to help you all attain your dreams. Keep going and please don't think I'm trying to be chessy of sucking up in any way!
Being at the cross roads to go modular or with the APP Oxford course which means I will need to wait at least a year and half or two until I can start whilst I raise funds is challenging. Knowing the airline, it's culture, general trends and from what I can gather from those pilots online I have chosen to take the later option such that I can increase my chances of obtaining a job with the worlds favourite airline!
I know one thing, I have wanted to fly for 19 years and think the industry we all thrive to be within is the best in the world. Having worked for BA, and within a different industry our love, passion and dedication for a profession that has no comparison must be maintained throughout. I feel as though we must keep a positive view of everything within this industry so we help not just ourselves but everyone out there to obtain the same end point.
It's incredibly exciting to be joining the ranks of those on this forum who have completed what I am, not shortly, about to embark upon and salute you all. I hope this message is received as a statement of motivation to help you all attain your dreams. Keep going and please don't think I'm trying to be chessy of sucking up in any way!
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He went on to say that as there is an abundance of candidates that fit in to categories 1 & 2, there would be no recruitment of low-houred people for a quite some time.
What does this tell us?
Are experienced candidates in short supply or is BA just not that appealing to many of them?
What does this tell us?
Are experienced candidates in short supply or is BA just not that appealing to many of them?
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Some thoughts:
The corporate "preferred supplier" paradigm is common across most industries and all large corporations.
I bet that BA and many other schools will recruit from Integrated schools as this fits in with the preferred supplier model. It prevents the time wasting and expensive (and tedious) process of advertising, networking, arranging, phone calling, etc that goes with piecemeal recruiting.
I imagine that they are well aware that all integrated schools turn out both excellent and sh*te pilots. But they avoid half the sifting process by asking the school who they should speak to. The school, with a reputation to maintain, will only want to put forward who it considers to be the best (however that is judged).
There are few posters on here that seem a little insecure and try to dress up the 'school of hard knocks' modular route or 'clean cut right stuff' integrated chaps. I'll bet in terms of the 'quality' gap you couldn't fit a rizzla between the two groups.
For a manager in a large organisations such as BA, it is both important to keep the costs low and the option of at least partial passing the buck should the general quality of the pilots being interviewed be lacking. After all, nobody ever was sacked for buying IBM; not true but not wide of the mark either.
That in my opinion is why BA and many other will nearly always look to the integrated bunch first, whenever possible.
However, the flip side is, once they have the names of the best 24 OAT candidates, I imagine they would be reticent to ask again from that intake so if you are not one of the chosen ones your advantage may have just gone *poof*.
Good luck to one and all,
CK
Edited: Howling error removed. "always look to the modular bunch first" should read "always look to the integrated bunch first"
The corporate "preferred supplier" paradigm is common across most industries and all large corporations.
I bet that BA and many other schools will recruit from Integrated schools as this fits in with the preferred supplier model. It prevents the time wasting and expensive (and tedious) process of advertising, networking, arranging, phone calling, etc that goes with piecemeal recruiting.
I imagine that they are well aware that all integrated schools turn out both excellent and sh*te pilots. But they avoid half the sifting process by asking the school who they should speak to. The school, with a reputation to maintain, will only want to put forward who it considers to be the best (however that is judged).
There are few posters on here that seem a little insecure and try to dress up the 'school of hard knocks' modular route or 'clean cut right stuff' integrated chaps. I'll bet in terms of the 'quality' gap you couldn't fit a rizzla between the two groups.
For a manager in a large organisations such as BA, it is both important to keep the costs low and the option of at least partial passing the buck should the general quality of the pilots being interviewed be lacking. After all, nobody ever was sacked for buying IBM; not true but not wide of the mark either.
That in my opinion is why BA and many other will nearly always look to the integrated bunch first, whenever possible.
However, the flip side is, once they have the names of the best 24 OAT candidates, I imagine they would be reticent to ask again from that intake so if you are not one of the chosen ones your advantage may have just gone *poof*.
Good luck to one and all,
CK
Edited: Howling error removed. "always look to the modular bunch first" should read "always look to the integrated bunch first"
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I suppose the reason that modular students are not being sought is that one would have problems assessing the candidate - in terms of who exactly do you ask about one's performance if different schools have been used? It is simply a method of sorting from many hundreds of candidates to make the process manageable.
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FYI I just heard from internal BA sources that the entry criteria may change "in about 2 weeks". Also, there were hints that the criteria would loosen. This fits with what I have seen on this thread.
If you dont have a 737/744/777 type rating, or Integrated training, dont get too excited though....
If you dont have a 737/744/777 type rating, or Integrated training, dont get too excited though....
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A quick question as some have suggested to go the instructing route first.
What happens to the instructors that conduct the intergrated courses who where also once on them themselves?
What happens to the instructors that conduct the intergrated courses who where also once on them themselves?
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If you dont have a SSTR or Integrated training, dont get too excited though....
Ok from this comment I am assuming the company will not take experienced pilots unless they have a type rating on a BA machine. What a load of crap. Oh but if you went to a certain school and have a whopping 200 hours of piston engine hand held circuit time, your in. Boll%$!s.
I have and know dozens of pilots with 3000 hours plus of multi crew turbo prop and jet time that would like to work for BA. In some cases this includes heavy command time (50 tons plus) on numerous types flying worldwide. None on BA types? We don't want you. We want the highly experienced Oxford graduates.
Get in line folks and get some experience. BA may take some of you but saying they will not look at 'Our types' is just silly.
Oxford clearly brain washes many into thinking this way. Once you have paid your 60 grand plus things get a little clearer.
Sorry for the rant, but someone had to jump in on this one.
Ok from this comment I am assuming the company will not take experienced pilots unless they have a type rating on a BA machine. What a load of crap. Oh but if you went to a certain school and have a whopping 200 hours of piston engine hand held circuit time, your in. Boll%$!s.
I have and know dozens of pilots with 3000 hours plus of multi crew turbo prop and jet time that would like to work for BA. In some cases this includes heavy command time (50 tons plus) on numerous types flying worldwide. None on BA types? We don't want you. We want the highly experienced Oxford graduates.
Get in line folks and get some experience. BA may take some of you but saying they will not look at 'Our types' is just silly.
Oxford clearly brain washes many into thinking this way. Once you have paid your 60 grand plus things get a little clearer.
Sorry for the rant, but someone had to jump in on this one.
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Cabotage Kid has it spot on. This is BA going looking for candidates, and it wants someone to blame if they're not up to the mark. It's quite a different process from selecting from speculative applications.
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There is one other thing I feel that is overlooked. OAT used to have a major contract with BA running part of its Cadet Scheme, and similar setups with BMi. When 9/11 happened those airlines pulled those schemes within days - thus taking away a huge amount of OAT's business.
Now any contract between two business such as BA / OAT will almost certainly have clauses in it to protect the smaller player in some way. It just may well be that there was a clause which said that in the event of BA withdrawing the Cadet Scheme a percentage of any future BA recruitment had to come from OAT. Thereby Oxford could still attract business with the good old 'we have links to airlines' promo.
And BA need some pilots at the moment and low and behold they turn to Oxford to get some of them.......
Now any contract between two business such as BA / OAT will almost certainly have clauses in it to protect the smaller player in some way. It just may well be that there was a clause which said that in the event of BA withdrawing the Cadet Scheme a percentage of any future BA recruitment had to come from OAT. Thereby Oxford could still attract business with the good old 'we have links to airlines' promo.
And BA need some pilots at the moment and low and behold they turn to Oxford to get some of them.......
You are reading too much into it. BA have used every Integrated school (there only ever were 4) there has ever been. They periodically moved the contract about and dipped their toes in other schools waters.
OATS did get the bulk of BA cadets from the later 90's. But many said they were welcome to it - such was the discount that many believe no profit was made doing the training. Mind you - as a recruiting tool for more lucrative business it was a priceless contract.
There basically is NO difference between any of the large schools and to be honest the deal at smaller school is often better in my opinion. BA couldn't tell the difference between someone trained at Kiddlington, Jerez, Cranfield or Little-Piddlington-In-The-Marsh. And neither can anyone else.
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OATS did get the bulk of BA cadets from the later 90's. But many said they were welcome to it - such was the discount that many believe no profit was made doing the training. Mind you - as a recruiting tool for more lucrative business it was a priceless contract.
There basically is NO difference between any of the large schools and to be honest the deal at smaller school is often better in my opinion. BA couldn't tell the difference between someone trained at Kiddlington, Jerez, Cranfield or Little-Piddlington-In-The-Marsh. And neither can anyone else.
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What happens to the instructors that conduct the integrated courses who where also once on them themselves?
They move on to retirement ! Seriously though, a number of instructors asked about the chance of recommendation to one of the "contact" carriers following 9/11 & the inevitable redundancies at OAT. The response was swift : NO CHANCE !
I heard that BMed were taking on an APP graduate without any pre-screening or assesment; surely testament to the high quality product delivered by the programme ? What happened to that individual ?
They move on to retirement ! Seriously though, a number of instructors asked about the chance of recommendation to one of the "contact" carriers following 9/11 & the inevitable redundancies at OAT. The response was swift : NO CHANCE !
I heard that BMed were taking on an APP graduate without any pre-screening or assesment; surely testament to the high quality product delivered by the programme ? What happened to that individual ?