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Old 01-03-2008, 08:31 AM
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Just wonder what the furlough history is like at Southern, I recently interviewed with Southern and Tradewinds, trying to decide.

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Old 01-03-2008, 01:02 PM
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I believe they furloughed once in the past. Nothing recently though.
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Originally Posted by romeoKC10FE View Post
Just wonder what the furlough history is like at Southern, I recently interviewed with Southern and Tradewinds, trying to decide.

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If I were deciding between Southern & TDX, I would take Southern everyday and twice on Sunday.

I don't work at Southern either. Never have, but no a lot of people who have worked at both places.
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Both are ****bags......pick your flavor
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southern is getting -400's correct? probably better for your career to have that 400 type for when that place goes under, then you can go fly in asia somewhere
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What he said.

Some places just fire instead and technically they haven't furhloughed. I've seen it. Southern is a half notch above TDX from what my buddies at each say.
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southern is getting -400's correct? probably better for your career to have that 400 type for when that place goes under, then you can go fly in asia somewhere
No, They went to Kalitta.
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What he said. Southern is not getting 400's. But if i were a PFE getting out of the military and had only those two options. I would go with Southern. Not saying Southern is the be all end all, but Southern is definitely a better place to work than TDX. Now that Southern has hired RS Consultants out of Atlanta to do their scheduling, things should be pretty good at Southern and getting better. I think SAI pays more too.
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No, They went to Kalitta.
Are they (SAI) still on-tap to get 777s?
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The people who own a majority stake in SAI (Oak Hills Investments) have secured an order from Boeing for 6 777F an options for 2 more.

Will they end up at Southern???

Who knows.

My bet is Oak Hill will end up selling those slots to the highest bidder.
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