Case Study 1 Old Fashioned Baggage Whether you can be overlooked for a job because you are not young and beautiful is at the heart of a case being heard by the Queensland Anti Discrimination Tribunal. Eight women claimed Virgin Blue had unlawfully discriminated against them on the grounds of their age in 2002. They sought damages for lost earnings. The women, who were all aged over 35 and had worked with another airline as flight attendants, were eliminated during the employee selection process. Virgin Blue claimed they had been rejected afte... More