GCSE and A levels for BA Sponsorship
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Sounds like Cheethams or something like that if it's a music schools which limits the number of GCSEs.
I just want to write something which I saw recently, I think on Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's recruitment webpage, which went along the lines of, 'If you meet the required grades, you are academically capable, but what we are interested in in the selection process is examples of how you have excelled outside of the exam hall.' This is particularly true for most jobs for intelligent people nowadays. Varied extra-curricular life is a must, and I would caution you from dropping something which you obviously excel at.
And don't forget it as taildragger says: far better have somebody pay a bit of it than you pay for all your training.
You cannot fly 777s as a new trainee with a new licence in BA until you have the required hours on licence and in company. Two years is a tad optimistic. Try five at an absolute minimum.
I just want to write something which I saw recently, I think on Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's recruitment webpage, which went along the lines of, 'If you meet the required grades, you are academically capable, but what we are interested in in the selection process is examples of how you have excelled outside of the exam hall.' This is particularly true for most jobs for intelligent people nowadays. Varied extra-curricular life is a must, and I would caution you from dropping something which you obviously excel at.
And don't forget it as taildragger says: far better have somebody pay a bit of it than you pay for all your training.
You cannot fly 777s as a new trainee with a new licence in BA until you have the required hours on licence and in company. Two years is a tad optimistic. Try five at an absolute minimum.
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John,
The freeze for new cadets is for 5 years, but if the fleet is reducing or if you are needed elesewhere then you may find yourself shifted inside that time. Every year you get to bid for a new posting and you are encouraged to bid even if you are within a freeze. Reason is that if they have to move you then they would rather send you somewhere that you want to go.
On shorthaul we do a variety of daytrips, and 2,3,4 or 5 day trips. On average you will spend about 7 nights away from home per month, although this can be adjusted up or down according to your personal preference. Typically a nightstop will be either an "early " or "late". That is you either arrive mid afternoon and leave at the crack of dawn the next day or you arive in the dead of night, but leave sometime after lunch the next day.
Nightstops do vary in their duration, but on most there is the chance to get out and about and see something of the city. Accomodation for flight crew is generally in the centre of town and of a high standard.
On longhaul you get longer nightstops (usually at least 24 hours), but I haven't graduated to those dizzy heights yet so I couldn't tell you much more about that lifestyle.
Hope this helps or at least whets your appetite!
eeper
The freeze for new cadets is for 5 years, but if the fleet is reducing or if you are needed elesewhere then you may find yourself shifted inside that time. Every year you get to bid for a new posting and you are encouraged to bid even if you are within a freeze. Reason is that if they have to move you then they would rather send you somewhere that you want to go.
On shorthaul we do a variety of daytrips, and 2,3,4 or 5 day trips. On average you will spend about 7 nights away from home per month, although this can be adjusted up or down according to your personal preference. Typically a nightstop will be either an "early " or "late". That is you either arrive mid afternoon and leave at the crack of dawn the next day or you arive in the dead of night, but leave sometime after lunch the next day.
Nightstops do vary in their duration, but on most there is the chance to get out and about and see something of the city. Accomodation for flight crew is generally in the centre of town and of a high standard.
On longhaul you get longer nightstops (usually at least 24 hours), but I haven't graduated to those dizzy heights yet so I couldn't tell you much more about that lifestyle.
Hope this helps or at least whets your appetite!
eeper
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Hello everyone-
Problem: I have always wanted to become a Commercial Airline Pilot, have a PPL, doing a good degree, BUT my A-levels are far from anything good.
I did Physics, Maths, Chemistry and General Studies, and achieved DCDC. Notice one of my Cs is in General Studies.
Does this mean BA will not accept me onto the sponsorship scheme because of this??
Thanks
Regards
CP
Problem: I have always wanted to become a Commercial Airline Pilot, have a PPL, doing a good degree, BUT my A-levels are far from anything good.
I did Physics, Maths, Chemistry and General Studies, and achieved DCDC. Notice one of my Cs is in General Studies.
Does this mean BA will not accept me onto the sponsorship scheme because of this??
Thanks
Regards
CP
