6500 apply for BA pilot jobs
09.10.11
Around 6500 people applied for British Airways pilot jobs after the airline launched its biggest recruitment campaign for a decade. The airline's online pilot recruitment careers page had 25,000 hits in the first 24 hours, after the campaign was launched in August.
BA's Future Pilot Programme, an initiative to help people train to become airline pilots where the airline will help fund the cost of training, had the biggest response, with 3,500 applicants for the 80 places available this year. The airline also received around 3,000 applications from experienced pilots already flying with other commercial airlines.
BA's head of pilot recruitment, Captain Robin Glover, said: ‘We are delighted with this fantastic response. We want to recruit the very highest standard of pilots and the BA Future Pilot Programme widens the talent pool even further.’ The airline, which employs 3,200 pilots, plans to take on more than 800 new pilots by 2016, with around half coming from its Future Pilot Programme.
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