As with all legislation there are ways and means around it and I can't see the airlines or CTC or for that matter any employer losing any sleep over it. As mentioned above they can of course remove the ageist bits in their adverts and simply bin the cv's that don't fit the profile they are after. Of course some on the ball HR person might point out that if they don't interview anyone over 35 then they might be open to criticism/legal action so of course they can select 1 lucky punter and go through the hoops and then bin them at a later date. There is of course no need to give a reason for the binning and in fact with the way that EU legislation is heading it is in the interests of employers to say very little for fear of recrimination. So in summary nothing will change, well not unless the airlines change their view that anyone over 35 is suddenly less of a training risk which is primarily why the "old" age limit was there in the first place.