£21m will deliver free training in Gloucestershire for airline pilots

One of the world’s biggest and best know airlines has committed millions of pounds to fully-fund the training of 200 pilots as it bids to open the door to all, regardless of background.

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£21m will deliver free training in Gloucestershire for airline pilots

One of the world’s biggest and best know airlines, British Airways, has committed millions of pounds to fully-fund the training of 200 pilots as it bids to open the door to all, regardless of background. 

A Gloucestershire business that specialises in pilot training is set to benefit from a £21 million investment by British Airways. 

The airline announced at this week’s Farnborough Airshow it would be making the money available to fully-fund the training of 200 prospective pilots. 

Those individuals will train with British Airways’ Speedbird Pilot Academy, which aims to attract the “very best” talent with the funding aimed at not just finding new pilots, but helping redress barriers of social mobility and diversity within the profession.