United Kingdom – global pilot training group Skyborne which operates flight training bases across the United Kingdom and the United States, has marked a major milestone as the first cohort of British Airways Speedbird Pilot Academy trainees successfully completed their training at the academy.

• Following 18 months of intensive instruction, these graduates will now progress to their Airbus A320 type ratings with British Airways, before officially joining the airline’s flight decks as First Officers.
• This achievement makes them the first ever graduates of the Speedbird Pilot Academy, a program launched by British Airways to widen access to airline careers by funding training for aspiring pilots.
• The multi-million-pound training initiative, launched in 2023, offers aspiring pilots of all backgrounds a fully-funded path to the flight deck with British Airways. Successful candidates will undergo a joint selection process with BA and Skyborne, before training at the academy’s premier facilities in the UK and the United States.
• For the 2025 edition British Airways will fund the full training costs for up to 200 future pilots.

Source: Skyborne