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The Dallas Morning News Trades Career Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2002
By Sarah Godinez, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 17--Randy Cole
Southwest Airlines Co., Love Field, Dallas
Age: 45
Position: Aircraft line mechanic
Years in current position: 20
Education: Airframe and power plant (A and P) mechanic license; University of Hawaii Systems, 1977 graduate
QUESTION: How did you get your foot in the door?
ANSWER: While I was in school working on a mechanic license, I got a job with the Hawaiian air service. I received good experience and good education while in Hawaii, but the constant ebb and flow of the commercial travel industry forced layoffs within the Hawaiian air service, and there was no job security. I was attracted to...
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