Although I realise my following comments might not be helpful to people applying for aviation jobs, you might find them interesting:
The large aerospace company that I’m currently working for removes the personal details from ever CV they get; especially photos!
The reason for this is so that no one can come back at them in court and say they were unfairly looked over due to sex, age, race, religion etc.... So if a manager wants to hire someone, they are given a pile of nameless and faceless CVs. They then pick the ones they want out of that bunch. They are then given the personal details of the people picked and from that point on if anyone doesn’t get the job the manager has to write down why....in case it goes to court!
I would think that if anyone takes a company to court because they were looked over for a job they would be pretty egotistical, hence showing why they were right to be overlooked. But hey, you can sue anybody these days!
Political correctness too far or good idea? I’m not sure.
C