The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that “some mistakes were made” in recruitment after it was reported the Royal Air Force (RAF) unlawfully discriminated against white men in an attempt to boost diversity.
Sky News reported in August that the RAF’s head of recruitment resigned after refusing to follow an order to prioritise women and ethnic minority candidates over white men.
In an email to her boss, seen by Sky News, the group captain said she was not willing to allocate slots on RAF training courses based purely on a specific gender or ethnicity, as it was against equality legislation and against the RAF’s own legal guidance….