Discrimination
Im grateful for Mr Ripley's confirmation that the MOD has been discriminating. He confirms that if you are not from Britain, the Commonwealth or the Irish Republic that the UK MOD will racially discrimante against you even to this to day. Notwithstanding that memebers of the EEC have automatic right to live and work in the UK.
He also confirms that until 11 years ago that the MOD discriminated against homosexual people. This means that with a cut off age of 24 years for pilot training any homosexual currently aged over 35 years will have been discriminated against by the MOD and with women being barred from employment as pilots by the MOD until 20 years ago any women currently aged over 44 years will have also suffered discrimination.
So under the umbrella of Crown Immunity the MOD has been able to get away with discriminatory practices which in civil society have been legislated against. Even the MOD cut off age of 24 years for pilot training falls short of existing standards required under Age Discrimination Legislation.
Torque Today makes the point that BA have run a variety of entry schemes for qualified and type rated pilots which have been open to all whatever their background including service personnel if qualified. He finds it unfair that civil pilots have gained operating experiance on civil types and are therfore qualified for these reruitment schemes. The point is that entry to civil aviation is not restricted by racial orgin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation and age in the way that entry to the MOD is and has been.
The concern is that here we have an entry scheme aimed at unqualified, non type rated pilots. It precludes those from certain racial origins including those with the right to live and work in the Uk. It precludes homosexual people currently aged over 35 years and it also precludes women currently aged over 44 years.
It is therfore by being restrictive to service personnel only potentially indirectly discriminatory.