Age 21 requirement

Thanks for the info guys. The Skywest F/As I've talked to seem to think it had to do with serving booze, but after reading all this I'm leaning towards maturity issues. I guess she can apply anyway and the least they can do is reject her.

Not trying to be rude here, but why would she waste her time and theirs applying for a position where she doesn't meet a basic requirement?

No point in wasting her time applying. Compass is hiring under 21, as is Colgan. Have her check in there...

Don't you have to be 21 to serve liquor? Or is it different on a airplane? My next door neighbor owns a couple bars and he said you have to be 21 to serve liquor and 18 to serve beer.

That's not exactly true. In fact for entry level flying you're describing 350-700 hours, they would prefer to hire someone that is not going to complain which tend to be younger guys. I was in a ground school full of young guys and one old guy, guess who actually took a week off to take a family vacation during ground school?

Bingo...:clap:

Where do you live? Where I worked (Oklahoma) you only had to be 18 to serve open and 16 to serve closed containers. Bartending could be a different story. When I bartended, we were all at least 21.

All those alcohol rules are state by state. In fact (AFAIK) there is no federal drinking age, its just that if state has an age less than 21 they lose all highway funds, so every state that wants money for their roads has a drinking age of 21.

I may be totally wrong but I do remember hearing that due to the fact we are airborne liquor laws get real tricky. I'm guessing that in the air some federal laws kick into affect and not any state one's. I'm guessing that the same has to do with an American airplane over in Germany. Any F/A's with international exp want to elaborate?

They asked for a MINIMUM(capitalized) 2 years CS or airline experience when I applied to be a gate agent. I had graduated highschool a week before I applied and had nothing but a 3 month CS internship at NZ under my belt. I got the job anyway when people who had 5+ years of CS experience didn't. In fact, to even do that internship you were supposed to be 18, but I slid through the cracks anyway. You never know.

Just wondering, besides any legal complications (In CA, one can serve alcohol at 18, but cannot make any mixed drinks [bartending] until 21) how can a company openly get away with age discrimination?

I know the government can openly discriminate, but how can a private company get away with?

While I agree that CS experience requirements may be flexible, I agree with Amber that age requirements are pretty steadfast.

I'll take your word for it then.

She's looking into Compass, I've got a lot of family in MSP so if she could end up based there she wouldn't need a crash pad.

Under 18 i can completely understand how it's not practical.

However, if the liquor laws are okay for an 18 year old to serve and do all required job duties, how can they dictate a higher age requirement?

And i know it's just your guess, i'm just still posing the question since that type of funny business would be illegal for me to do at my restaurant!

I know at CHQ (back when it was just CHQ), it was based on the liquor laws of the state of the company's HDQ. There may have been other factors, but that was the biggie.