It is worth remembering the Tribunal did not uphold the majority of this person's claims. Regardless of the complainant's veracity and personal motives, the real issue here is how seriously the RAF regards itself as a so-called 'equal opportunities' employer. The Tribunal, citing evidence (including documentary evidence) originating from senior officers, concluded, "We heard too many instances of senior officers with sexist views, which have no place in an organisation committed to equal opportunities and are quite frankly illegal."
What sort of message does that give to people with aspirations toward an RAF career?
Coupled with the Deepcut controversy, this paints a grim picture of the environment we're asking people to enter and parents to send their kids into.
Incidentally, WWW, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss some of the non-suicide theories regarding Deepcut. If a doctor can bump-off 250 patients, before being suspected of murder, is it not possible some nut case of an instructor could do the same with armed forces recruits?
Last edited by Scud-U-Like; 18th Aug 2003 at 03:52.