RAF Discriminated Against 160 Better-Qualified White Pilots in Diversity Drive: UK Lawmaker

Graduating cadets parade at the Graduation Ceremony of the Queens Squadron and Sovereigns Review, at RAF College Cranwell, in eastern England, on July 16, 2020. Julian Simmonds /Pool/AFP via Getty Images

A recruitment officer at the Royal Air Force (RAF) resigned last year after finding about 160 cases of positive discrimination against better-qualified male white pilots, a senior MP has revealed.

Group Capt. Lizzy Nicholl had quit her role as head of the recruitment drive after determining that “about 160 cases of positive discrimination had taken place,” said Tobias Ellwood, Conservative chair of the Defence Select Committee in the House of Commons.