In re the Claim of Woody

—Mikoll, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 21, 1987, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive benefits because he was not employed a sufficient number of weeks during his base period.

Claimant was employed as a purser by a steamship line. The employer discontinued the use of pursers and, in an agreement with claimant’s union, paid claimant severance pay from January 1986 to June 1986. Claimant ceased working on July 15, 1985 and filed an original claim for benefits effective July 21, 1986, thus establishing a base period from July 22,…