Originally Posted by rickair7777

Sure. That's federal law based on safety and science, or at least that's the basis which allows them to do it.

If they say "you are safe to fly 121" they cannot then then turn around and say "but only where we need you to fly, and not if it interferes with the career progression of 28 year old legacy CA's". There is existing federal age discrimination law which would prevent any discrimination except in a few very specific cases having to do with safety and job prformance.

I think they can (and should) put limits on the return of pilots who already aged out, to prevent them from trying to reclaim their previous seniority.