Originally Posted by
The B Word
anson harris
But it doesn’t, does it? They have chosen the masculine form of a noun that describes someone who flies or operates aircraft. So that
excludes females and also
excludes, and effectively
ignores, any of the other professions in the RAF. What about the medics, the engineers, the gunners, the PTIs, the cartographers, the squippers, the clerks, the air traffickers, the musicians, the loggies, the police, the trainers, the chefs, the intelligence analysts
et al? None of whom are either Aviators or Aviatrices, and this planned change of name effectively
excludes them and
ignores the vital roles they perform.
Fine, but they're not "airmen" either are they? Many are not men and most aren't air. It's an attempt at inclusivity, no matter how imperfect.