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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 5:45 pm
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Originally Posted by fastair
Also, UA will pre-board those that are disabled as it can be operationally efficient (either 1st, or last both can speed things up) but being elderly is not a recognized disability, in fact in many areas (employment for one) it is illegal to discriminate on age (only on the upper end, it is legal to do so on the lower end.)
Thank god you can't fire someone for being too old, otherwise UA would run out of long-haul FA's.
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