PR or Prejudice !!
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Scorpius. I think it is somewhat harsh to say that there are enough "Black Lesbians from Glasgow" on E3's. Harsh that is, to Black lesbians from Glasgow! But I would say that you have more than your fair share of old women and precious types on your fleet.
Bless 'em
Never ever bloody anything ever!
Bless 'em
Never ever bloody anything ever!
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Ok I take the arguement one can refuse unless you're too vain, but heh show me one girlie that isn't vain. Come to think of it there enough blokes around vain enough to fight for a slot on TV.
Talking Rad Alt give me a call sometime haven't had a chat in ages
PS I only know one woman that has refused to do a TV interview for PR and that was yonks ago in NI.
Talking Rad Alt give me a call sometime haven't had a chat in ages
PS I only know one woman that has refused to do a TV interview for PR and that was yonks ago in NI.
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It's not the fault of the RAF that TV companies wish to focus on our femail aircrew. The fact is the public are more interested in femail aircrew, we blokes have been flying forever and are old news.
If serving femails choose to appear or not to appear on such programmes, secuurity risks apart, that's up to them.
If serving femails choose to appear or not to appear on such programmes, secuurity risks apart, that's up to them.
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FV - no, it wasn't me appearing in the newspaper!
Rude C'man - having already turned down 2 tv interviews, does that mean I'm the only 'non- vain' female pilot?
Despite what you say, I think you will probably find that most girlies turn down the PR where possible.
As a final point, was anyone involved with the 'females in aviation' theme at RIAT this year? Was it tacky?
Rude C'man - having already turned down 2 tv interviews, does that mean I'm the only 'non- vain' female pilot?
Despite what you say, I think you will probably find that most girlies turn down the PR where possible.As a final point, was anyone involved with the 'females in aviation' theme at RIAT this year? Was it tacky?
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I remember The Sun running an article on the Puma navigator who dressed as a girl (and perhaps even had the chop, I cannot recall) but haven't seen him/her in many PR shoots since. I wonder why that is - surely we need to be representative of today's society and show Joe Public that the armed forces truly do welcome people with either set of sex organs. Or indeed, both sets.
You know how it is - advertising works.
Heaps of blokes already apply for most military jobs.
I'm guessing that a good number of women are put off by the perception that defence jobs are too male dominated, or aren't the sort of thing they'd be interested in - even though we all know discrimination is unlawful, it's still hard to shake preconceived ideas.
Do you or don't you want a working environment where it doesn't matter what gender you are as long as you can do the job?
I do; I'm sick of all this 'women can't do the job because of blah blah...'
As I say, attracting male applicants isn't really a drama, but to break down long standing perceptions and slowly change things around, the spin doctors need to work on the general publics' minds.
That would explain it, I'd hazard a guess.
Heaps of blokes already apply for most military jobs.
I'm guessing that a good number of women are put off by the perception that defence jobs are too male dominated, or aren't the sort of thing they'd be interested in - even though we all know discrimination is unlawful, it's still hard to shake preconceived ideas.
Do you or don't you want a working environment where it doesn't matter what gender you are as long as you can do the job?
I do; I'm sick of all this 'women can't do the job because of blah blah...'
As I say, attracting male applicants isn't really a drama, but to break down long standing perceptions and slowly change things around, the spin doctors need to work on the general publics' minds.
That would explain it, I'd hazard a guess.
