Another former xjet intern (and furloughed fo). Just to repeat what some other people have said...there are legitimate concerns about the value of an internship at a regional, and the value of an internship at a regional that is at least 2 years from hiring. However, you did say it's xjet or nothing. I would personally value an expressjet internship over your other options this summer. The value of seeing the inside of the airline, going through systems and getting in the sim with an instructor. There's boring aspects too, it's an office job shuffling papers around, so don't get too excited about the day to day work. But overall it's a valuable experience, and you'll meet people who can write valuable recommendation letters too. I can't speak for HR, but you can basically be assured they will take care of you when xjet starts hiring again. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the first couple of new hire classes were all interns. And I can tell you with certainty the only reason I even got in before they stopped classes was because I was an intern. I ended up getting furloughed, but I still worked there for a year. *edit* why aren't paragraphs preserved?