Change for Ages - New UK law
According to the Age Discrimination Act 2006, which comes into effect in October, it is highly likely that seniority and LIFO lists will be considered indirectly discriminative. Apparently the only way round it is for the company to prove in a court of law that there was no other way to select pilots for fleet changes, detachments, promotions and the numerous other opportunities open to us as flight crew and I think we all know that is not the case.
So here is a scary thought. If a pilot has the necessary experience, that pilot could join one of the larger airlines, wait for the next round of promotions and insist they are put forward for selection. If they are refused it could be taken to tribunal and the employee would get legal aid for it. Oh and as far as I am aware, the compensation is uncapped.
Could free the market up a bit.