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Virgin Blue found to have discriminated on age
Virgin Blue has lost a significant age discrimination case, with eight flight attendants winning their case against the Australian low cost carrier.
The case was heard at the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal in Brisbane, where the attendants claimed that were not selected by Virgin Blue as a result of their age.
The flight attendants, all aged from 36 to 56 claimed that Virgin Blue had discriminated against them in job interviews and at assessment centres, at which candidates were asked to sing and dance.
None of the attendants making the claim against Virgin Blue, all former Ansett flight attendants, passed this first round of the interview process.
Virgin Blue claimed that it had not hired cabin crew over the age of 36 in a two-year recruitment drive because mostly young women had applied.
Tribunal member Douglas Savage, agreed with the attendants by upholding all the complaints and awarding compensation and costs against Virgin Blue, the compensation to be decided within four weeks.
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