1. The Flight Attendant System Seniority List ("the Seniority List") shall contain the names and seniority number of all Flight Attendants in order of their seniority.

1. Seniority as a Flight Attendant shall be based on the length of service as a Flight Attendant with the Company. However, the relative seniority of Flight Attendants employed on the date of ratification of this Agreement shall be as set forth in the Seniority List attached as Appendix A to this Agreement. The parties accept this Seniority List as correct.
2. Seniority shall begin to accrue on the first day of Flight Attendant training, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
1. Longevity shall accrue at all times a Flight Attendant is on active status, and shall also accrue during leaves pursuant to the chart in Section 14, Leaves of Absence.

1. Seniority shall govern all Flight Attendants in the case of bidding rights, furloughs, recalls, vacation preferences, and preferred domicile assignments. Monthly bidding of flying shall be awarded in accordance with a Flight Attendant's preference in order of seniority at her/his domicile.
2. Any Flight Attendant having established a seniority date shall not lose that date except under the following circumstances: termination, resignation (except as provided in Section 21, Furloughs, Paragraph B.4.c.ii), retirement, failure to return from a leave of absence or recall, furloughs exceeding five (5) years, and as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
3. Individuals with prior service as a Flight Attendant and individuals who have prior service with the Company, but no service as a Flight Attendant (collectively referred to as "current employees"), shall be allowed to transfer to a Flight Attendant position. Current employees shall be placed on the Seniority List in the following order:

1. current employees, based on date of hire;
2. new hire Flight Attendants.

1. The seniority of new hire Flight Attendants shall be determined for members of each new hire class by placing the class members’ birth dates in chronological order, with the oldest birth date having the most seniority.

1. The Company shall update and post the Seniority List on or about January 1 and July 1 each year. The Company shall post the Seniority List for thirty (30) days following the dates specified above in the same location as the Flight Attendants’ mail boxes.

2. During the above thirty (30) day period, a Flight Attendant shall be permitted to protest in writing, to her/his immediate supervisor, any alleged omission or inaccurate placement affecting her/his seniority. A Flight Attendant may only protest her/his placement on the Seniority List following the first posting containing the alleged error or omission.

3. A Flight Attendant who is on vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, medical leave, furlough, or any other approved leave during the posting of the Seniority List, shall have thirty (30) days after return to duty to protest any alleged omission or inaccurate placement affecting her/his seniority.

1. A Flight Attendant who transfers to another position on or after the effective date of this Agreement shall be allowed to retain her/his credited service as a line Flight Attendant (e.g., service earned before transfer) and shall continue to accrue Flight Attendant seniority for up to one (1) year following her/his transfer. If she/he returns to active flight status within that one (1) year period, she/he shall be placed on the Seniority List based on her/his prior credited service as a line Flight Attendant and accrued Flight Attendant seniority in another position. If she/he does not return to active flight status within that one (1) year period, she/he shall forfeit all Flight Attendant seniority and her/his name shall be removed from the Seniority List. If she/he thereafter returns to a Flight Attendant position, her/his placement on the Seniority List shall be as set forth in Paragraph A.7, above.