Q: If the TA is approved, our seniorities will be based on the last three digits of our Peoplesoft number if we started on the same day. I am VX. So, if I’m #3 in my class right now, I could get dropped down to #30 based on the last three digits of my Peoplesoft number, correct? And why are we using Peoplesoft numbers as a tiebreaker? Can we use birthdays like many other airlines?
A: The provision you are referencing is only for new-hires on a go-forward basis following ratification. No Flight Attendant already on the payroll will experience a change in relative seniority as a result of this merger (i.e. no reshuffling of seniority numbers within one’s class). AFA is moving away from using birth dates for determining seniority on a go-forward basis (i.e. for new hire classes after ratification) out of an abundance of caution. Recent legislation in certain localities may be problematic for continuing the practice of having the oldest trainee in a class to be the most senior and the youngest to be the most junior.
Carole Babcock says
How are Peoplesoft Numbers assigned and by whom?
Jeffrey Peterson (MEC President) says
PeopleSoft numbers are assigned by the People (HR) Department. PS takes the next available number for a new hire. New hires are processed in the order they arrive in the queue, which depends on when their pre-employment paperwork clears. If someone is rehired, they will receive their original number back.