Younger staff may be more attractive and this may possibly translate to a more marketable product.
However, the main benefit to the management of a low cost airline in employing young people is that they are more naive and gullible and will work for peanuts. They don’t have the bitter life experiences to allow them to properly evaluate the current situation they face and extrapolate that to the future.
As a result, if they are given special treats and pats on the back from time to time by their puppet master, they will give years of loyal and non-unionised employment. In time they will come to realise that the peanuts they are given will not translate into a comfortable retirement and will see that their years of toil have been only to swell the coffers of the top dogs.
Look no further than Southwest Airlines to see what an unhappy bunch of little vegemites they have become. The same formula will likely apply here.
The real reason that the more experienced cabin attendants were not offered employment is that the management know they are too smart to be hoodwinked with a slick song and dance routine. Instead the management preys amongst the young and innocent.
Good luck to the experienced girls with their legal action. And also good luck to the current DJ staff with improving their lot in future times.