The only trick the RAF has missed is having a girl in the Reds. I am sure it would go down very well with the Mums as well as the "sisterhood". I wonder whether this apparant oversight is due to the selection process. Even if a girl made it to the short list, could she survive the "democratic" final election hurdle, where all prejudices can be safely exercised? Apart from the gender question, what chance would an "ethnic" have; and as for a black dyke, she would have to fly like an angel and be a roaring extrovert with an endless store of rude jokes and a thirst like a brewer's, and play the piano standing on her head.