According to a Ministry of Defence report found women or those from ethnic minority backgrounds were fast-tracked into training over other candidates
The RAF said it accepts the drive amounted to positive discrimination and will not ‘make the same mistakes again’. recruitment drive to boost diversity discriminated against white men, an inquiry has found.The RAF said it accepts the drive amounted to positive discrimination and will not “make the same mistakes again”.
Former Group Captain Lizzy Nicholl quit her role as head of the drive because she received legal advice which said it was in breach of the Equality Act 2010. The report said: “We found that concerns were raised at the time by R&S [recruitment and selection] staff but that those who led the initiatives believed that they were ‘pushing the boundaries’ of positive action rather than acting unlawfully.”
It added: “We found that the chain of command’s reaction to the former Group Capt R&S was overly defensive and not properly considered whether she might have been justified in what she said regarding previous acts of positive discrimination or the legality of what she was asked to do; and that insufficient effort had been made to determine the facts.”
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