After being pushed on the matter, he claimed the order came from people who believed they were “within the law” and repeated that they were acting in their “best intentions”
In August, the former Group Captain contacted her boss telling them she was not going to allocate slots based on gender or ethnicity.
In the email, first seen by Sky News, she wrote: “I am not prepared to delegate or abdicate the responsibility of actioning that order to my staff.”
Ms Nicholls was in charge of a 450 person recruitment team.
Former Cabinet Minister Sajid Javid told the publication it would be “complete nonsense” if the RAF had put a pause on hiring white men.
