The union Balpa – which represents more than 10,000 UK commercial pilots – has urged the government to work on specific policies and funding to allow more people from different socio-economic backgrounds to become pilots.
“[We] hope [the government] will act swiftly to remove the financial barriers by putting in place policies and funding that will support the opening up of the profession to all those who have the aptitude but not ability to pay,” said interim general secretary Miranda Rackley on Friday (2 June).
