This is quite interesting really. In my company your contracted untill the age of 60, you contract expires on your 60th birthday. Now the company are quite will in to give you another contract, but guess what? Its in the RHS on a first officers salary.
They say that its nothing to do with age discrimination law, but contract law and they dont need to re-employ captains on year 20 pay when they can have captains on year 1 pay. They also argued that you signed the contract and therefore knew what the terms of the deal were when you joined.
Anyone want to comment on the legality of this?