Published 11 months ago

Applicants seeking to join RAF described as 'useless white male pilots' in bid to hit 'impossible' diversity targets

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White men seeking to join the Royal Air Force were described as "useless white male pilots" in leaked emails that expose the pressure placed on recruitment officers to improve diversity.

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Daily Express

RAF told stop training ‘useless white male pilots’

The outgoing head of the RAF, Sir Mike Wigston, originally set a target of having 40 percent women and 20 percent of personnel from ethnic minorities by 2030.

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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Metro News

RAF applicants described as 'useless white male pilots' by recruitment officers

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The RAF instructed staff to stop hiring ‘useless white male pilots’ for training courses, according to a leaked email. A number of selection boards for new recruits were also suspended until more women and ethnic minority candidates could be found, according to the messages. In an email seen by the Telegraph dated J…

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

RAF told to ‘stop choosing useless white male pilots’, leak reveals

The RAF instructed staff to stop choosing “useless white male pilots” for training courses in a leaked email seen by The Telegraph.

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Applicants seeking to join RAF described as 'useless white male pilots' in bid to hit 'impossible' diversity targets

Leaked emails show the pressure apparently being applied to filter out white male recruits and fast-track women and ethnic minorities. It can also be revealed 31 white men are to receive £5,000 each to compensate them for being unfairly disadvantaged by the approach.

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Times

RAF pays out after order to avoid hiring ‘useless white male pilots’

The RAF will pay compensation to 31 men whose training was delayed because of an internal diversity drive after staff were told to stop arranging courses for “

11 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Blaze

British air force has to pay up after leak revealed recruiters were told to purge 'useless white male pilots' to fast-track minorities

The British Royal Air Force will compensate 31 men whose training was delayed because recruiters were put off by the color of their skin.A newly leaked email from Jan. 19, 2021, revealed that Squadron Leader Andrew Harwin, who worked in the Officer and Aircrew Selection Center, expressed concern to recruiter colleagues "that the boards have recently been predominantly white male heavy," reported the Telegraph."If we don't have enough BAME [black…

11 months ago·United States

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