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do BA pilot training - accept glasses wearers?

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Old 3rd Oct 2002, 17:19
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do BA pilot training - accept glasses wearers?

BA are as unclear as the CAA on this one!
I am wondering if anybody knows if the British Airways Sponsored Pilot Training Scheme offers places to glasses wearers like me?

They are ghastly unclear and seem very picky. Also, has anyone tried to get into the BA scheme? what qualities do they look for? I am currently at the perfect height/weight ratio, am 6' tall, and am very smartly presented. is that enough?

thanks to any kind of reply!
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Afraid that's not necessarily the case. BA's requirements (at least when I last applied) are stricter than JAA class 1. That includes eyesight requirements too. Passin your class 1 does not mean you will be accepted by BA meds.
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I wear glasses and I was a BA sponsored cadet, so to answer you question yes they do accept people who wear glasses... Last I heard though they had suspended the recruitment programme though. Good luck anyway!

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ok

thanks people!!!

as i am 16 and still choosing my career, i really need to know what to do. by the looks of the piloting career world tho, i think i'll take a computer engineering degree first!!! (would that help get into BA, if they started up the sponsored training schemes again)?
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