A Royal Air Force recruitment drive to boost diversity discriminated against white men, an inquiry has found.
Some161 candidates, who were either women or from ethnic minority backgrounds, were accelerated into training places ahead of other candidates across 2020 and 2021.
Former Group Captain Lizzy Nicholl quit her role as head of the drive because she received legal advice which said it was in breach of the Equality Act 2010.“We now know that it did not, and I apologise unreservedly to all those affected,” he said.Picture: It added: "We found that the chain of command's reaction to the former Group Capt R&S was overly defensive and not properly considered whether she might have been justified in what she said regarding previous acts of positive discrimination or the legality of what she was asked to do; and that insufficient effort had been made to determine the facts.
"We accept that some men were discriminated against. This included a group of 31 individuals, who likely missed the opportunity to qualify for a £5,000 joining bonus. We have identified those people and are retrospectively offering to award them any financial payment they missed out on.
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