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Old 19-09-07, 02:44 PM   #1
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DEFENCE BULLYING REPORT - RAF Worst of the Three Services

A recent report by the Equal Opportunities Audit Team has found that allegations of "a culture of widespread bullying and brutality" within the British Forces are, in the most part, unfounded. The audit team, which travelled to every Defence establishment across the UK and abroad and interviewed staff from all three services, found surprisingly few cases of unfair treatment and bullying within the Army and Navy.

When it came to the Airforce, however, the report told a different story. Complaints to the EOAT came from a total of 13,555 RAF members, compared with three from Navy and just one from Army.

While this statistic is alarming in its own right, it becomes horrific when one considers that each complaint represents a sad story of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. As one senior RA F officer put it, "Each story is, in itself, a sad indictment on the RAF. When taken as a whole, however, they demonstrate a reprehensible lack of regard for personnel on the part of RAF managers at all levels."

One young pilot told of having to spend two nights in tented accommodation, despite the fact that there was an empty five-star hotel just 1km away.

Another said that he had been forced to endure a gruelling fitness test every year since he joined in 1997.

One airwoman alleged that she had been overlooked for promotion on numerous occasions, simply because she was fat, lazy and stupid.

An aircraftman stated he had been refused permission to wear civilian attire to work, despite the fact that his uniform clashed with his eye colour.

Another had been forced to wear uncomfortable safety boots for periods of up to eight hours straight.

An RAF clerk could not understand why she had been sent to work in a Joint Military Headquarters, "I have been forced to work for horrid Army people who just don't understand what the military is all about. I feel the RAF has victimised me by forcing me to do this... I will be seeking compensation..."

Shockingly, RAF Senior Ranks are also subject to mistreatment. One SNCO; a Flight Sergeant stated, "I was deeply upset when I was addressed as 'Flight Sergeant' by an officer. He knew my name was Robert. It was just horrible - I have never been more humiliated in my life." In response a senior RAF officer stated, "the officer in question has been moved on...".

A number of personnel complained of having t o attend courses that were not relevant to their jobs, such as rigorous ground combat courses and drawn-out lectures on occupational health and safety. To add insult to injury, a young corporal was even ordered to pack up chairs in the classroom after one such course.

The huge backlash against treatment of Air Force personnel should provide senior officers with a vital clue with regard to the massive retention problems experienced by the RAF in recent times. Over the past two years, Defence has spent some £19.8 million looking into the issue.

Not all of the Air Force's hierarchy, however, were upset by the revelations. Said outgoing Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir E*** F***, KCB CBE DSO ADC BSc(Eng) FRAeS RAF, "I'm delighted with the result. I am very happy that our retention problems are due, in the most part at least, to something as harmless as bullying. I thought everyone was leaving because of me."
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Old 19-09-07, 03:01 PM   #2
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I too suffered bullying in the Air Force, on one occasion being told to remove my black french beret and replace it with the regulation blue version, my explanation that the black suited me better just fell on deaf ears and left me hurt and humilated, a sad indicement of our modern Air Force I fear.
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Old 19-09-07, 04:35 PM   #3
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I too suffered bullying in the Air Force, on one occasion being told to remove my black french beret and replace it with the regulation blue version, my explanation that the black suited me better just fell on deaf ears and left me hurt and humilated, a sad indicement of our modern Air Force I fear.

and i bet they didnt like your frank spencer impersonations either !!!!!!
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Old 19-09-07, 07:19 PM   #4
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You got me there Cloggsy!! Hook line and sinker - great first paragraph!!Well inspired. The sad thing is, it's all true!!
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Old 19-09-07, 07:50 PM   #5
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Very good, and from what i have seen of the RAF Very true!! LOL

oh why did i join the Army??
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Old 19-09-07, 08:33 PM   #6
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You got me there Cloggsy!! Hook line and sinker - great first paragraph!!Well inspired. The sad thing is, it's all true!!

Abso-bleedin'-lutely I did 14 years in the RAF
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Old 19-09-07, 08:41 PM   #7
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Ruddy heck, how many are there of us that our Ex-RAF here? I did not know there where so many.

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Old 19-09-07, 08:47 PM   #8
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I'm not Ex RAF yet (and I'm not planning to be for quite a while). I'm due to go to Cranwell on Nov 6th (OASC).
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Old 19-09-07, 08:54 PM   #9
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I'm due to go to Cranwell on Nov 6th (OASC).
Ah well, nobody's perfect
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Old 19-09-07, 09:24 PM   #10
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i'm currently in the raf and yep all those stories are based on fact!
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