Reported Pause in RAF White Recruiting To Meet Diversity Targets
"EXCLUSIVE: The RAF has effectively paused making job offers to white male recruits in favour of women & ethnic minorities to meet "impossible" diversity targets, sources claim. The head of
@RoyalAirForce recruitment has resigned in protest, they said.
The defence sources accused @ChiefofAirStaff Sir Mike Wigston, the head of the RAF, of appearing willing to compromise UK security at a time of growing threats from Russia and China in pursuit of albeit important goals such as improving diversity and inclusion.
One of the defence sources noted how General Sir Patrick Sanders, the head of the @BritishArmy , has likened today's security challenges to those in the build-up to the Second World War, warning that the UK is facing its "1937 moment".
Then you look at the head of the RAF and he's prepared to break the operational requirement of the air force just to meet diversity [targets]," the source said. “I think he needs to be hauled up by the Ministry of Defence and told: This is the defence agenda, get on it."
An RAF spokesperson disputed the allegations. “There is no pause in @RoyalAirForce recruitment and no new policy with regards to meeting in-year recruitment requirements," the spokesperson said.
“Royal Air Force commanders will not shy away from the challenges we face building a service that attracts and recruits talent from every part of the UK workforce,” the spokesperson said.
“As with the Royal Navy and British Army, we are doing everything we can to encourage recruiting from under-represented groups and ensure we have a diverse workforce."
“The Royal Air Force has a well-earned reputation for operational excellence that is founded on the quality of all our people. We will always seek to recruit the best talent available to us,” the spokesperson said.
But another of the defence sources insisted that there has been an "effective pause" on making an offer of employment to white male recruits.
Also responding to questions from @SkyNews , a @DefenceHQ spokesperson said: "Operational effectiveness is of paramount importance and no one is lowering the standards to join the Royal Air Force.
“The RAF recruits for many professions and, like the rest of the armed forces, is determined to be a force that reflects the society it serves to protect."
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