US will pay $44 million in age-bias case by ex-FAA workers

FILE - In this March 24, 2011, file photo, a passenger jet flies past the FAA control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. The U.S. government will pay nearly $44 million to settle an age-discrimination case filed 16 years ago on behalf of hundreds of workers who missed out on federal pensions after their jobs were outsourced. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)