You have to get through the AFCO to get to OASC first. Would be interesting to see the social level of the applicants that the RAF has and where they are dropped most often.
Mandy Hicksonâs book is informative about aptitude between the sexes for aircrew. She tried to join as pilot but failed the aptitude testing twice went in as an air trafficker and only when her UAS boss raised a stink as to how the UAS aerobatic champion could fail testing was she allowed to remuster to pilot. She was used as an experiment to see if she succeededâŚended up on Tornadoâs and the tests were changed.
The present problem is that women are unable to stream to the F35 due to the weight of the helmet as they risk serious neck injury.
The Finns have debarred vegetarians and vegans from service as they cannot guarantee food in the field in the event of mobilisation.
A lot comes down to the AFCOs and, in my experience, theyâve massively dropped the ball a number of times. Theyâre not cut out for it, either given that posting as they wind up for the end of service, or moved to an office somewhere to prevent them from doing harm somewhere of actual consequence. Weâve had 2 ex-cadets give up on their applications because of AFCO dithering, and another only made it through because I asked a few mates in the system to poke some people into action.
AKA âat some stage, youâre going to eat Rudolphâ.
And very tasty too.
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And thatâs before we even get onto Capitaâs involvement âŚ
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A family member gave up trying to join RAF due to Cr@pitaâs complete incompetence in setting up the required medical. Problem bounced to / from between them & CIO - useless.
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They can get away with that discriminatory practice, because a dietary preference is not one of the nine protected characteristics.
Unless they are being prejudiced/unconsciously biased in thinking that carnivores are more violent and aggressive than plant-based people. 
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In the UK veganism can be considered a protected characteristic as a belief Ethical veganism is a belief protected by law, tribunal rules | Veganism | The Guardian
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Plant lives matter
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Forces could still do it though
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and because of this i protect the plants and eat meat
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Blimey! I should have known, really. Iâll pass that Guardian link on to the Finnish Defence Forces: that useful knowledge should help in the defence of their 1300km border with Russia. The Finnish people would have had more arable land on the Ladogan Peninsular and in Karelia for growing crops, thereby making it easier for their nation to have a more plant-based diet, but Stalin grabbed those areas in 1940, and again in 1945.
Vegans donât believe in wearing animal-based clothing, so thatâs wool and leather out of the equation, leaving cotton and nylon in. We can link the former material with slavery, and the latter with the fossil fuel industry, being a petroleum by-product. Even bamboo clothing deprives panda bears of their habitat. 
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Or in combat you may only have meat available to eat, tired soldiers who havenât eaten are a risk they donât need.
Save the plants, eat a vegan.
The Navy had nylon shorts in the Falklands war, increased the damage for burns injuries as the nylon melted into the skin.
Wigston and Byford strike again, again well done Gp Capt Nichol sacrificing your career to blow the whistle on this injustice. Coverley was a WO therefore should have been eligible for the WOs course at Cranwell.
What a disgusting mess.
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