The article suggests the RAF has dropped it's standards to get enough bodies through the door as it's undermanned these days.
"what you have to appreciate is that at the RAF, there are very few people flying planes now, so they don’t have to make it so rigorous if you are going to be flying drones from a room."
"The House of Commons library, shows that in 2015/16, there were 22,107 applications at the RAF, with 13,830 being rejected – a rejection rate of 62.6 per cent. But in 2019/20, there were 32,634 applications, of which 13,387 were turned away – a rejection rate of 41 per cent. The RAF is facing a personnel shortage, according to MoD figures released earlier this year. They showed that there should be 31,869 airmen and women, but there are only 29,853."
So do you think we have lowered the bar just to try and balance the books?
RAF 'dropping standards' as rejection rate falls by 20%
The RAF has long been famous for having the strictest recruitment policy in the British military, rejecting more applicants than the Army and the Navy.
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"what you have to appreciate is that at the RAF, there are very few people flying planes now, so they don’t have to make it so rigorous if you are going to be flying drones from a room."
"The House of Commons library, shows that in 2015/16, there were 22,107 applications at the RAF, with 13,830 being rejected – a rejection rate of 62.6 per cent. But in 2019/20, there were 32,634 applications, of which 13,387 were turned away – a rejection rate of 41 per cent. The RAF is facing a personnel shortage, according to MoD figures released earlier this year. They showed that there should be 31,869 airmen and women, but there are only 29,853."
So do you think we have lowered the bar just to try and balance the books?