Shot one, first, it is also black, Asian, minority and ethnic I think.
Knew a black helicopter pilot at Tengah over 40 years ago. An Asian or Spanish (Lopez) engineering officer, same time. Indians too.
A BEagle said, in most cases it depends on quality and merit.
I know they quotes percentages with RN and. RAF around 2-3%, but what is the percentage in UK? More relevant what is the percentage from traditional recruiting areas?
If the percentage of suitable app!licants presentinbv at the AFCO is loiw then In-service figures will be low.
In our village we have some Indian s and Chinese in the restaurant trade, we have no 'free' BAMEs that would wish to be recruited. The whole ethnic population is an insignificant percentage.
The BBC is very much metro centric and only on TV do we see these ethnic minorities that IMHO are over represented. At least we have a female MP.