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I was applying for Supply Officer, Ops Officer and Admin Officer.....their reason for rejecting me on the grounds of a nut allergy was if I was deployed somewhere and something happened, the rations (ie biscuits) were made out of peanut oil and had peanuts in them as this was a source of energy???????
Well, I hope that you are right and that they have changed their policies...this was in 2003 I went to Cranwell. i would say the way things are going most people have an allergy to something nowadays and it seems unfair to rule out people with a peanut allergy.
Did your friends know they had nut allergies when they applied? and did they tell the RAF? If so, I guess things have changed and I missed out...hopefully this time will be different.