RAF accused of “artificially inflating” diversity numbers

I'm With Stupid said:
Is it a surprise?

In the armed forces, officers are seven times more likely to be privately educated. According to the article, the RAF don't even keep a record of how many of theirs were. Only 20% of officers are promoted from the ranks.
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You've misrepresented that article somewhat. It's the army where officers are seven times more likely to be privately educated, not the armed forces as a whole. The Navy and RAF are different. No officers get promoted from the ranks. People apply to go to Sandhurst, Dartmouth or Cranwell to become officers in the Army, Navy and Air Force respectively. Whether people in the ranks who apply to be officers have a better chance than people from outside is not something that I've seen reported on, but the vast majority are happy to stay in the ranks and go up the NCO route if they have the potential.
 
"Can you fly/fix/navigate a plane?"

"Are you willing to sacrifice your life for the vested interests of the rich and protection of their assets masquerading as liberation of an enemy nation?"

Should be the only two questions asked. If you agree to that, whoever you are, then fair fucks.
 
west didsblue said:
You've misrepresented that article somewhat. It's the army where officers are seven times more likely to be privately educated, not the armed forces as a whole.
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Yes true. I should have made that clear.

Although it's worth mentioning that the Royal Navy still has a 36% from private school according to the article, which is more than Oxbridge, and still represents a massive overrepresentation of the privileged class amongst the officers. So officers in the Navy are still five times more likely to be privately educated than a random member of the public. And as it says, the RAF doesn't keep figures, so there's as much chance that it could be higher as lower than the army.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Yes true. I should have made that clear.

Although it's worth mentioning that the Royal Navy still has a 36% from private school according to the article, which is more than Oxbridge, and still represents a massive overrepresentation of the privileged class amongst the officers. So officers in the Navy are still five times more likely to be privately educated than a random member of the public. And as it says, the RAF doesn't keep figures, so there's as much chance that it could be higher as lower than the army.
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Agree that private school educated people are clearly over represented in the officer ranks of the armed forces. What's not explained is why, and part of the reason could well be historic in that the sons (and daughters) of officers are more likely to follow in the footsteps of their parents leading to a disproportionate number of applications for officer training from a small section of the population, leading to a disproportionate number who actually get through. Nepotism may only be a small part of it if there are proportionately not that many applications from state sector educated people.
 
west didsblue said:
Agree that private school educated people are clearly over represented in the officer ranks of the armed forces. What's not explained is why, and part of the reason could well be historic in that the sons (and daughters) of officers are more likely to follow in the footsteps of their parents leading to a disproportionate number of applications for officer training from a small section of the population, leading to a disproportionate number who actually get through. Nepotism may only be a small part of it if there are proportionately not that many applications from state sector educated people.
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Well said - was just going to make that point myself. Sometimes external societal filters (including traditions etc) skew the demographics of the overall recruiting pool.
 
Corky said:
Very few women pilots due to the length of their limbs often not being long enough. Too short or too long and you can't be a pilot int the RAF.
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didn't hold douglas bader back
 
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