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The head of Royal Air Force recruitment has resigned amid claims the service has “paused” in offering new roles to white males in order to achieve diversity goals. The senior female recruitment officer reportedly imposed a temporary freeze on recruitment. The move caused a widespread backlash from officers who claim the move puts the UK’s security at risk by prioritizing diversity over skill. Go figure.<\/p>\n
Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
Deborah Haynes<\/strong><\/p>\n The RAF’s top personnel officer has confirmed she did ask her recruitment team to “stop filling up the training courses” with new recruits temporarily after diversity targets were not being hit.<\/p>\n The admission by Air Vice-Marshal Maria Byford came after Sky News reported on Tuesday that the head of RAF recruitment had resigned in protest at what defence sources described as an “effective pause” on making job offers to white men in favour of women and ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n An RAF spokesperson at the time denied that there had been any pause in recruitment.<\/p>\n Speaking to The Times, Air Vice-Marshal Byford – one of the most senior female officers in the air force – said she was “unashamed” of a policy that could mean women and ethnic minorities are in effect being prioritised for roles over white men.<\/p>\n The Chief of Staff Personnel – who is the boss of the female Group Captain who quit in apparent protest at what the recruitment team was being asked to do – said in the interview she had “slowed” down the recruitment process for all candidates ahead of a meeting of the RAF board next month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n