even though I was part of the RAF and my trade was RAF
but that was disbanded in,
I must have been posted to RAF Leeming,
so I think it was '95,
I'm not sure on the exact date
but I remember getting back pay,
that bit I do remember
'cause I was paid two P a day less
than my male equivalent
and I got back pay once I joined the RAF
for my time as an equal trade,
so yeah, very odd, two P a day.
Very bizarre.
I was paid 2p per day less than my male colleagues
Julie Brierley joined the RAF as an avionics mechanic and undertook training at RAF Cosford. She specialised in Jaguar and Tornado aircraft and served on operational detachments to Turkey and Saudi Arabia. She was the first women to be based in Saudi Arabia on operational detachment. Her post-RAF career includes leading the Access and Learning team here at the RAF Museum Cosford.
Oxfordshire , United Kingdom
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