I appreciate what you say six sixty but just to be awkward. If the 2 year old car has been thrashed and the 20 year old car carefully looked after, I would go for the latter.
The medical thing is like the lottery, nobody knows when they will lose it, and it can happen at anytime to anyone. Sure, someone who is older is more likely to fail the medical quicker, but I would suspect that the risk as a percentage between twenties and thirties is minimal. Now if we are comparing twenties to fifties, that's a different story, but hopefully by then I hope to have several thousand hours under my belt and be settled in the LHS.
That being said, those in their forties and fifties will have more experience (generalising here), and possibly the required type rating, etc, so the cost to the airline of training is drastically cut compared to a twenties or thirties fATPL 250 hours guy/girl. That would be a big factor in their decision making process.
If we take a 24 year old 250 hour fATPL and a 44 year old 250 hour fATPL then the 24 year old will win every time.
There are many things to consider when it comes to recruitment, and age is just one of many factors.
To answer the original question, I would say that younger pilots don't find it easier to get a job, possibly the opposite at the moment as experience counts for a lot in this game.
Good luck with the study.
