Ralph,
Good points indeed, but....
Yes, disciminating against age is illegal, if the person is deemed to be capable, EXCEPT for the age. At the same time, discrimination based on OTHER factors - cultural, psychological, physical etc are equally as discriminatory!
Let's put it bluntly - if you had a candidate female FA that was EMINENTLY qualified, had the personality of a godess, the body of a super model, was the right age, but was just danged FUGLY to look at, would ANY airline SERIOUSLY employ them? SERIOUSLY? IMAGE! It's discimination just as much as being ageist.
We do NOt know why these 8 FA's were rejected by Dj. They ASSUME, repeat ASSUME, it is based on their age.
We all know that assume means "Makes and ass out of You to me"