BA Launches Engineering Apprenticeship

Lee Ann Tegtmeier leeann_tegtmeier@aviationweek.com
LONDON

British Airways will start two apprenticeship schemes in September to inject new aircraft engineers into its workforce and prepare for its next-gen fleet that will start arriving in a couple of years. The airline plans to receive its first Boeing 787 in 2012 and its first Airbus A380 in 2013.

Garry Copeland, British Airways’ director of engineering, told AVIATION WEEK that 90 people will start a ...

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