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Old 7th Aug 2020, 11:19
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The second issue revolves about the rank of Aircraftman (and LAC and SAC) which officially applies to women too - I believe their rank is not, bizarrely Aircraftwoman. It’s the only rank we have that is gendered, so how about changing that too, in the same way that the RN moved away from Able Seaman to Able Rate. One proposal is to change the term to ‘Specialist’ (or for the techies, ‘Technician’)
They used to be, but they were binned with the WRAF, but then knowing the RAF and all their Gender cr*p they seem to foist upon themselves, you would need several variants these days.
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