Quite right Carbonfibre.
I read a very interesting article about the new Age Discrimination Act in the April / May edition of BALPA's periodical "The Log" by Dr. John McGurk.
I welcome the existance of BALPA's Retirement and Discrimination Task Group which he referred to in his article. The article deals with a number of important issues including Pay and Promotion, Pilot Health and Licencing, Productivity, issues regarding length of service, Loss of Licence and Part-Time Working.
Unfortunately I did not see any mention of Recruitment and this is fundamental to any anti-discrimination policy - to ensure that all people of equal qualifications have equal rights to apply for jobs.
I do hope BALPA will be looking at this whole issue as well.