Court of Justice 19 May 2011, C-447/09 (Reinhard Prigge and Others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. By this reference for a preliminary ruling, the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labour Court), in essence, asks the Court of Justice whether a collective agreement which provides that, for the purposes of ensuring air safety, the employment relationship of airline pilots terminates at the age of 60 contravenes