We KNOW that illegal discrimination took place during the selection of ORs, mainly due to the courage of one Gp Cpt and unusually an inquiry admitting it.
We do not know if there was a similar scenario regarding Officers and more specifically pilots.
I’m personally a little concerned that it MIGHT have done. As a first step the publication of CBAT and OASC scores compared to the number of applicants and their diversity may put this to bed.
RAF comment so far sticks to the line that all successful candidates met the minimum standard. It had failed to say the 40 that were selected were the best 40!