Originally Posted by
BUFFdriver
Question about how seniority in a class is determined, again.....
I've seen some posts that state the higher SSN gets the higher seniority. But I found this in DAL's PWA:
"New-hires will be assigned seniority numbers on the basis of the last four digits of each individual’s social security number. Individuals with the higher numbers will be assigned the lowest seniority numbers." -Section 20, B., 2., b.
Am I reading it wrong or does the lower SSN get a higher seniority?
Thanks
Last 4 is what matters.
The "higher" that number is, the better (lower) seniority number you get. The best seniority number you can ever have in your career is 1, which is "low".
Say a class of 100 shows up and we currently have exactly 12,300 on property to keep the numbers simple.
That class would all get seniority numbers between 12,301 and 12,400.
12,301 is a "lower" senority number than 12,302-12,400. That lower seniority number would go to the highest last SSN 4 in the class.
Highest SSN is the biggest number. 9999 is the highest possible. 0000 is the lowest.