British Airways Future Pilot Programme.

[patryan]

How long does it take to get a reply from Ba? I finished my application at half nine last night.

[Captain_Bolt]

Is anybody still having issues with the website?

I'm still having problems...

[momo95]

I've been able to easily access all stuff today thank god.

Now my issue is regards to the irish leaving cert BBC equivalent. The issue is that points wise (bbc= 280 ucas pts) i exceed it as i've got 291 pts meaning i should qualify. However the bafpp lists a bbc as being 5 grade B's for the leaving cert, whereas i've got 3 B's and 2 C's meaning i shouldn't qualify, but which will naric follow as ultimately ba will listen to them.
Ive tried to contact them the past 2 days but can't get through (it's engaged) i don't want to waste money by sending them an application if i know beforehand that i don't make it. Does anyone else know ?
And yes i'm aware it's been discussed already but maybe with so many new joiners someone might know from them.
Thank you,

[patryan]

My issue is the same as yours im from Ireland and when going through the process of filling in my results I felt that I did incorrect, I spent a long time completing the application.

[rojocrv]

For the irish leaving cert, this is based on what NAIRC sent me 3 years ago, so please contact them for confirmation
A higher level subject in the leaving cert is equivialnt to the A level grade in the uk. Therefore say you get a B in History, this is equivilant to a B in your A levels. So Momo if the results you mentioned are higher level you should be good

[squird02]

As for the confusion regarding results and entry requirements. If NARIC confirm that you have the equivalent results then you're all set to go and submit your application. If you are unsure but you think that you have probably met the requirements, then you may as well submit your application anyway. You will still have time to contact NARIC in the meantime and your application won't cost you anything until you actually book your assessment. I assume that BA will assess your qualifications during the initial screening process and therefore if you are invited to the assessment stage then you should be quite confident that you ok to proceed.

I have a query about the assessment day at OAA. According to their website, the assessment day will consist of computer based testing, group exercises and a formal interview, all conducted in one day. Does anybody know if this is definitely the case? If so, this is different to last year whereby the assessment was split over 2 different days (first day computer based testing, and second day consisted of group exercises and interview and was conditional to passing day 1).

[momo95]

Thanks for the advice, but the problem is that points wise we're fine (280 ucas pts). The confusion is why ba have said they need 5 B's at L.C. when that exceeds a bbc at a-level.

[irishoperator]

Re the above discussion about qualifications - it's not always true that BA will take the NARIC viewpoint i.e.

BA don't take what NARIC say certain IB grades are equivalent to in UCAS points - they want higher IB grades

I'd email BA to check if I was you

[irishoperator]

@ momo95 - see my response above - BA don't assign all qualifications equal value - for those who take certain qualifications they want better grades in those qualifications than you should need.

Seems bizarre to be honest.

[momo95]

I will e-mail them, thanks for the info

[snakey-111]

CTC Date

Has anyone been given an assessment date for CTC yet?

Thanks

[Jaair]

Anyone else's application still on hold? Can't respond to the application questions.

[momo95]

I asked the question on the ctc fb page and was told to go by the ba fpp website meaning i don't qualify but it makes no sense as 5 grade B's in the LC far exceeds a bbc at a-level.

[Captain_Bolt]

JAAair,

Yep my application is "on hold"...

[BenMcGrath]

I've discovered that my BTEC can be accepted as an equivalent qualification which is brilliant

I do however have another question, in the application questions part, it gives a word limit of 500, is that for each subquestion, or is that 500 words collectively?

Thanks

[A_M]

Does anyone know how to resolve the problem of the application being "On Hold"? Or have we just to wait until BA amend the problem?

Been trying to finish my application since Monday but it wont let me answer the application questions

Many Thanks!

[miguelbmiranda]

Does anybody has an idea about how it works the finnancial guarantee of BA for non uk candidates?

[Captain_Bolt]

I assumed it is 500 words for the whole section (A,b & c).

I am guessing that 500 words for each sub section would take you over the 5000 character limit.

[Jaair]

It's 500 words for question 1 a) b) c) and then another 500 words for question 2 a) b).

It's been 48 hours since I last called and my application status still hasn't been modified. I'll call them again later today.

[JonEverton]

Selected for interview ALREADY ?

I've been watching this thread with interest

It strikes me as a bit odd that some people are reporting as having been invited for the interview / selection tests when the scheme was open for less than a day or two? ? ?