Originally Posted by
scroggs
There are a few people on this thread who seem to be posting because they like reading their own drivel in electronic print. Ubfortunately, they neither have the experience or knowledge to justify or give credence to most of what they have to say.
For information on the relevance of degrees to airline employers, check the Archive sticky on 'Wannabes - Pro Pilot Training'. For information on discriminatory employment practices (such as 'preferring Irish pilots') see any lawyer specialising in EU Employment Law.
Scroggs
Is that why Flybe seems to have an entire fleet of ex Scabair Instructors aged 24 going on 12! I think that the law though present and correct in the case stated has little meanig when no one is really going to sue and airline for not interviewing them for fear of being balcklisted (unofficialy of course)
Just about every airline in this and most other countries employs a completely and blatant unofficial discriminatory policy. There are numerous airlines still not interviewing canidates over the age of 28, 32, 34 or 35, even CTC were doing it up until the last second before 1 Oct 06 when the new law came in and expressley forbids this!! I get the feeling that there will not suddenly be a rush of 45 year old pilots to go CTC ATP scheme, wings scheme or going to Flybe now will there.