Everyone in your same new-hire class will have the same date as the beginning of their "seniority". However... to determine the status of all the folks in that same class... it's actually quite simple. Age.
The oldest in the class will be the most senior. The line of thinking is simply this... the younger you are... the longer you have to fly for the company... and thus the more seniority you'll ultimately have. So... that's why the oldest folks get the higher seniority number on day one.
To put it another way... Let's say the company has 100 pilots on the payroll right now and you are the oldest in a new-hire class of 10. You would be number 1 in your class, but number 101 in the company, and the youngest in the class would be pilot 110 on the Seniority list.
Bob
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