Originally Posted by magro99

Alldaydreamer...the internship is a very valuable opportunity that you should do whatever possible to get. I did a flight operations internship with UA and they wanted you to experience all aspects of the airline. During the week I sat in on meetings regarding safety of flight items, tracked problems the crews were dealing with online, and spent several days each month traveling to different hubs. I was able to spend a couple of days in the life of a FA, maintenance worker, ramp agent, operations control in ORD, fly in the DC10 cockpit for their cargo operations in ANC and fly in the sims at the DEN training center. I also was able to ride along on a 6 day trip to Narita and Bangkok as part of the "learning experience". You are constantly around management, pilots, HR and like previously said...they are the ones that hire. If you are a good person and work hard in the internship you are usually one of the first pulled in for a pilot interview when you get the experience. As you can see on a lot of these boards you will be competing with 1000's of other pilots for a job and any little thing you can do to separate yourself is worth doing. Good luck!