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A collective bargaining agreement providing for the expected termination of the employment contracts of 60-year-old airline pilots is not a valid difference of treatment based on age (advocate-general's conclusion in Prigge and Others, Case C-44709
A recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision that it is age discrimination to prohibit airline pilots from working after age 60 may also effect other sectors where collective agreements provide for age limits below the statutory age limit (eg air traffic controllers
