According to defense sources, job offers to white male recruits of the RAF have been essentially halted in order to satisfy diversity goals.
According to reports, women and ethnic minorities are being favored in recruiting campaigns to fulfill “impossible” quotas, prompting the RAF’s Head of Recruitment to leave in protest.
According to reports, the officer, a woman, resigned due to fears that recruiting limits may compromise the service’s effectiveness.
According to sources, RAF recruiters have been instructed to temporarily stop providing positions to white males in favor of women and ethnic minorities.
One insider said, “We are all really pro-diversity and want to see improved representation throughout the services, but the levels of ambition for ethnic objectives are completely insane.”
There is no scientific or cultural foundation for these levels of ambition.
Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston, the head of the Royal Air Force, has been accused of being ready to jeopardize the security of the United Kingdom in order to increase diversity within the force at a vital moment when dangers from Russia and China loom.
According to sources cited by Sky News, he should be ‘hauled up by the Ministry of Defence’ on this problem.
A representative of the RAF denied the accusations.
They said, “There is no stop in Royal Air Force recruiting and no new policy towards satisfying in-year recruitment needs.”
Similar to the Royal Navy and British Army, we are doing all possible to promote recruitment from under-represented groups and guarantee a diverse workforce.
The Royal Air Force has a well-deserved reputation for operational excellence, which is based on the caliber of all its personnel. We will constantly strive to attract the most qualified candidates.
Successive governments have emphasized to all three branches of the armed services throughout the years the significance of enhancing diversity statistics.
Last year, the head of the armed forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, talked publicly on the significance of aiming for more diversity, citing “wretched” statistics.
He said, “The wretchedness of too few women.” The tragedy of not representing the racial, religious, and intellectual diversity of our country.
The Ministry of Defense has previously said that it intends to boost the proportion of female recruits to 30 percent by 2030. Currently, the ratio is at 12%.
The RAF hopes to reach a 40 percent female recruitment rate by the end of the decade. Additionally, twenty percent of all air force recruits must come from ethnic minorities.