Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell, 472 U.S. 400 (1985), is a US labor law case before the United States Supreme Court concerning age discrimination.

Western Air Lines required flight engineers to retire at age 60.

Plaintiffs were forced to retire at 60 and brought suit at the Federal District Court.

Defendant argued that the age requirement was a bona fide occupational qualification that was reasonably necessary for the airline's safe operations.

But the Court held that refusing to employ flight engineers over that age was unjustified as there were no such FAA requirements.