If you get accepted on the Speedbird Program. Once you've become a pilot. Is there setbacks?

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What i mean buy setbacks is. Will you salary be reduced to pay back the training cost? Is there a certain amount of years you have to commit to BA after getting your ATPL?

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    Kate R. Captain

    Hi. My personal experience began as a cadet with British Airways in 1998. I would not have been able to afford the training costs and the cadetship gave me an amazing opportunity to be trained as a pilot, with a career waiting for me as long as I was successful.
    As a pilot with no jet hours you will be on a lower salary than an experienced direct entry pilot and I don't know how long you would be asked to commit to the airline. It was 5 years when I completed my training in 2000. I am still grateful for the opportunity after flying for British Airways for 24 years.
    I wish you luck if you decide to apply.
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