Recruiting only Service Pilots Is it discrimination ?
If an airline has a policy of recruiting military pilots with lower professional qualifications and experiance than the civilians its prepared to recruit could the airline be accused of discrimination.
In order to become a UK military pilot you have to be a British and also have to satisfy British residency requirements.
It would not be possible for European pilots who have the right to live and work in the UK, for example individuals from Germany or Portugal, to meet the nationaliity requirements to serve in the British military and so the airline by stipulating British military only is potentially being racially discriminatory.
While the UK MOD has immunity from many aspects of employment law airlines do not have such immunity.
By saying RN, AAC and RAF qualified pilots its the equivalent of saying British only need apply and im wondering if this is okay under employment law.
Of course be a very brave bunny to take a pop at an airline for this policy but is this something that BALPA should have a look at ?