This is the text of my complaint to the ABC's Complaints Department

From the article on your website www.abc.net.au "Former RAAF Beaufort etc": http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-18/wwii-pilots-gather-for-70th-consecutive-reunion/6788188?WT.ac=statenews_vic

It is a chance for the men to share war stories and remember the 503 crew who died during the war. Another 197 people died in training before leaving Australian soil.

"Crew"? "People"? Fine, you have adopted gender neutral terms designed to avoid sexism. Apart from reference to living 'men'. What gender were the crew and the people who died?

More than 30,000 people were employed to build the Beaufort aircraft in New South Wales and Victoria. A third of the workers were women...

"People"? Fine. "A third of the workers were women...". So the principle that genders are not identified is not followed when it comes to women?

I think it is reasonable to ask you to explain what is your policy on identifying genders, as if there is a policy, it appears to have been applied inconsistently here. If you have adopted a policy of not identifying genders, why does the article specifically identify the role of women, especially when they were in the minority?

If you have not adopted a policy of gender neutral language, why is the sacrifice of men airbrushed out by gender neutral language "crew" and "people"? Surely you don't have a policy of only assigning gender-specific terms when women are victims. Obviously not, as that would be sexist, wouldn't it?

Please give me a reasoned reply. What is your policy in terms of gender neutral language, and how does this article conform to that policy?