Forced to retire at 55
Could someone please confirm that all BA flight crew will be made to retire at the age of 55, even though new EU legislation which is effective from Oct 2006 states that no company will be allowed to discriminate and should therefore raise the retirement age to 65. Rumour has it that BA are trying to do a deal which would make them exempt from enforcing the law, but are having difficulty in convincing the government.Apparently, the way the tide is flowing with age discrimination & people working later in life it may well be a pill that BA will have to swallow. They haven`t told existing staff whether they will implement the law,this is unbelievable, especially for those who are due to retire shortly after the 2006 legislation is introduced.