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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Flight Attendant Refuses to Serve Alcohol- Do Republicans support her? [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,662 posts)The age restriction may well be specific to that particular job.
One of the links I found indicated that airlines are free to set a minimum age, but that it could not be higher than 21.
As to where an airline is based, even if an airline is based out of a state where it is legal to serve alcohol, they fly out of airports in states where it is not. While they are on the ground, at a minimum, they have to comply with the state law (and All of the airlines mentioned so far fly out of Ohio). Most airlines serve alcohol in first class prior to take-off, so that alone would create the same need for accommodation for people who cannot serve alcohol.
My point is merely that inability to serve alcohol is accommodation that airlines already have to make for reasons other than religion - so it is presumptively a reasonable accommodation. That makes it harder to make the case that it is not a reasonable accommodation. The three-month period for this airline when accommodations were granted (uneventful by any accounts I have seen), with its termination the result of a bigoted complaint makes it even harder.
This is not, by the way, the same as what Kim Davis is doing. Issuing (or authorizing the issuance of) marriage licenses is an essential function of the office she holds (her job). She is not requesting accommodations so that function can be performed by the office without her participation. She is refusing to allow the office to carry out that essential function.