Originally Posted by PRS Guitars

Pilotmunk,

It’s not ageism (I hate that term, more on that latter). First of all, your hypothetical doesn’t work, there are too many variable the employer is looking at for them to be the exact same. Second, do major airline apps even have a place to put your age? Third, bottom line the company is going to hire whoever they think is the best fit and will add the most value to their company. Why would they care about age? If they did, they’d probably favor older pilots who will be less than the top wage scale. Lastly, you’re basically advocating that pilots be sorted by age and interviewed from oldest to youngest, wouldn’t that in and of itself be “ageism”? Who’s to say older is better?

Ageism...I was deplaning as a non rev passenger. I had put my bag back about 10 rows and was waiting for pax to clear before retrieving it. A woman in her early twenties also had her bag back a few rows.

She asked the FA what to do. I said “you wait for an opening and then make your move, like the game Frogger, oh you’re too young to know that game”

When we made it back to our bags, she murmured under her breath at me that she didn’t appreciate my Ageist comment. I kept my composure and didn’t say anything, but have to admit I was a bit shocked. I mean it be one thing if I insinuated that she looked older, that might be rude, but WTF?