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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„Nu mai angajați piloți albi inutili”. Scandal în UK: Piloții RAF acuză „presiuni” în aplicarea normelor de diversitate rasială

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“Stop hiring unnecessary white pilots.” UK scandal: RAF pilots accuse 'pressure' to enforce racial diversity rules

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.

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RAF told stop training ‘useless white male pilots’

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							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…

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

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

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

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.

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

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 “

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

The British Army faces a new scandal, after RAF members were told to “stop hiring unnecessary white pilots”, according to an internal document in the Telegraph. The military complained that the RAF was subjected to “intolerable pressures” to achieve the targets of diversity and ethnic and gender inclusion among employees.

Armata britanică se confruntă cu un nou scandal, după ce membrilor Forțelor Aeriene Britanice (Royal Air Force - RAF) li s-a comunicat să „nu mai angajeze piloți albi inutili”, conform unui document intern ajuns în posesia publicației Telegraph. Militarii s-au plâns că RAF a fost supusă unor „presiuni intolerabile” pentru a atinge țintele de diversitate și incluziune etnică și de gen în rândul angajaților.

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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…

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

The RAF has ordered staff to to stop selecting “useless white male pilots” for training courses, a leaked email has revealed.Squadron Leader Andrew Harwin, who worked in the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre sent an email on January 19, 2021 discussing the boarding process where candidates are chosen to pursue certain training courses.He wrote: “I noted that the boards have recently been predominantly white male heavy. “If we don’t have enoug…

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RAF told to 'stop choosing useless white male pilots' in leaked email

The Royal Air Farce decided in 2020-2021 that White males were useless and that they no longer should be recruited.
This decision was clearly based upon the experience during the Battle of Britain, wh...

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White men applying to join the Royal Air Force have been described as "useless white male pilots" in leaked emails exposing pressure placed on recruitment officers to improve diversity.

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

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