The EEOC got involved (that`s the Equal Opertunity Commission) in the late 70`s (sorry, I can`t supply an exact date) age went out the window. Stews that had been required to stop flying because they chose to marry were reinstated with full back senority if they wanted to come back.Female store clerks (including my own mother) were awarded years of back pay if they were paid less that male counterparts. All age hiring limitations were lifted for pilot applications (except the mandantory age 60). Prior to that time, my own airline`s age cut off was 33. United was hit very hard, because they refused to hire women pilots. EEOC got involved big time with them...United hired about every female that had a pilot ticket, including some who should never been hired, but that`s the price they had to pay for violating the laws. That`s why I called Skyhi`s latest rant. Total B.S. Of course all this is moot now...almost every airline out there isn`t hiring and thousands of airline pilots are furloughed. Just another cycle in the life of an airline pilot. I`ve been through 3 of these cycles, the first in the early 70`s when the oil embargo occured. The industry will recover, but tell that to a guy without a flying job.