Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It is not discrimination if they require an ATP for their operations (they do since they type everybody up front) and the government requires age 23 for the ATP. There are many government jobs (law enforcement and military officer) which have explicit or implicit age minimums.
Although Compass requires it, there is NOTHING regulatory that says an ATP is required to get a type rating.
Granted, it may come with a restriction, but it can still be obtained. But any restriction would easily be lifted when the pilot upgrades and would be more paperwork than anything.