B. General

1. Seniority as a Pilot shall be based upon the length of service as an airline Pilot with the Company, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

2. Seniority shall begin to accrue from the Pilot's date of hire as an airline Pilot and shall continue to accrue during such period of employment except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. A new hire Pilot who is utilized to perform non-training related duties for the Company must complete his simulator training within sixty (60) days of his originally scheduled simulator completion date in order to retain the same date of hire as his classmates, unless the Company and the MEC Chairman mutually agree otherwise. Such Pilot must initially be paired with a partner in the same class. If such Pilot does not complete simulator training within the sixty (60) day period described herein, his date of hire will be adjusted to the date that is sixty (60) days prior to his actual Completion of Training.