I'm failing to understand how honoring the oldest and the most senior person in class and designating him/her as a class leader or welcoming the youngest and the juniormost pilot in the company and having some fun in the process amounts to age discrimination... Most guys would add something to the cane or the baby rattle and designate it from the member of that class...

Hell, when our class had luncheon with Gary and the top management, our class leader and our class baby both dragged their rattle with them to the restaurant.

I can already see the next thing on the chopping block - class charity donations. If some butt-hurt individual's charity doesn't get accepted, he/she will claim some sort of discrimination/objection and that's also gonna come to an end...