Originally Posted by
waldo135
You are correct. Lower seniority number is better. #1 gets whatever he wants. As such, the guy with a last four of 9999 gets the lowest seniority number in the class and picks first. 25XX is probably getting an MD-88 to NYC.
As a 22XX, I've been watching class drops and the order of picks pretty closely. Someone in this range (2XXX) will probably have a choice between the 717 and the MD-88. Of course a few classes ago, the Tail-End-Charlie got "stuck" with the 7ER. You never know. First World problems!