Originally Posted by
maddogmax
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How times have changed. When I got out of the Navy in '81 no major would hire me because I was over 30. Now it seems like they won't hire you unless your 40!
Yeah, I witnessed the same thing in 1985, and 20-20 vision uncorrected, etc. The oldest guy in my new hire class was 34 and we thought he was a geezer!
In fact, my step dad was turned down at all the majors in the 1970's because he was 40, but later there was an old age discrimination suit filed against North West, and he was hired there and retired there 17 years later.
Remember back in the 1970's-1980's the commitment to the military was only 4 years, so guys would go in at age 21-22, come out at age 25-26 and get hired at the airlines.
Today the commitment is what, 10 years? So a guy coming out would be 32ish...but most guys are staying in to get 20+ years, so they are in their 40's coming out. They can put in 20+ years in the military and still put in 20+ years at an airline...if it lasts that long.