Pass the baton

26/03/2007

Your reader 79 year old Bernard Hastings says that his prolonged employment is filling a skills shortage. This attitude bothers me. Instead of just sitting tight, why doesn't Bernard (and other older people like him) pass skills and knowledge onto younger people, so that both they and the country can benefit from them for years to come?

If you cling onto a baton your team will lose the race! Also, youngsters will never be given a chance of proving themselves. We've had our turn already, so they deserve theirs. The Age Discrimination Act wasn't just set up for our benefit. Youngsters are discriminated against too.

C. Lenton-Craddock, Birmingham