Although Air Force specific, a very good read on the subject at hand:
https://www.airspacemag.com/airspace...ght-180975332/
One question was directed at Leavitt in particular. A reporter asked if by going into fighter training so soon, she was “leapfrogging” over qualified men. When she tried to explain that she was following the same process as everyone else, the reporter asked McPeak to step in and clarify. “Jeannie graduated number one in her class,” he said. “She’s been in a holding pattern for six months. She’s not leapfrogging anyone. She’s been delayed.”
This thread is a shining example of the problem I have with so called "Affirmative Action" - it cheapens the accomplishments of those that get the job based on merit -
not because of their gender or color of their skin - and reinforces the discriminatory belief that that they are inferior.