I agree this is a non-story. However....
A couple of years ago (and only a couple) I had occasion to do a shortened equal opportunities advisor course along with a number of my colleagues in the joint establishment I was then serving at. By morning coffee break I was genuinely shocked about how backward some of the attitudes were among some of my colleagues - particularly infantry officers and submariners who, on the whole, were about 20 years behind.
I think we sometimes forget how those of us who fly (in all 3 services) operate in a meritocracy that by no means exists throughout the military.