Cessna and HondaJet took another view of their interns and had good relationships with certain engineering schools. The students were treated with thought as to their possible long term role in the local engineering community. Obviously they are cheap labor as students, but the better managers make sure they get enlightening tasks to do and exposure to a variety of tasks. The way these internships tend to work is, a FT manager develops a relationship with a local (500 miles) engineering department at schools he or she likes, mainly because that school has strong students, a strong engineering curriculum or both. Cessna likes Wichita State and Kansas University, while Hondajet was fond of Middle Tennessee and Duke within their region. If you want to do a FT internship and you go to the preferred school in the area, its rather easy to get an internship and in fact your guidance counselor will already know how to set it up.