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Cessna hiring 10 pilot interns
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dell30rb
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Nice. I'll gladly become an intern again.
tonycondon
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hmmmm
ajstoner21
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Looking forward to details....
FlySince9
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Oh, the days when companies trained their own pilots...
Wonder if they give preference to existing Textron employees 
Foxhole
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Monica Lewinsky is a pilot? 
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wsuffa
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Must resist the obvious gratitous comment....
denverpilot
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I really hope I am eligible to apply. Since I haven't been able to find a job, my parents are paying for all my flying. I bet they'd really enjoy me flying on someone elses dime.
wsuffa
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What, "depends on your definition of 'is'"?
Think about a six letter word that is often used to describe the portion of a blimp that provides lift, and the inflation thereof.
kimberlyanne546
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I actually just bought some new flip flops yesterday. My old ones had flown almost everywhere with me since last May, but it's time to retire them. The bottom of them was worn, so I replaces them with ones that actually have tread.
Foxhole
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GRATITOUS, gratitous??
Youmisspelledit...
Hmm??
Are you the guy who types for Obama's teleprompter?
Tiger7612
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That would be awesome. I've never heard of a company doing that.
RJM62
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Neither have I, actually.
What, exactly, is a "pilot intern?" Wouldn't a pilot working for Cessna showing off its airplane need a commercial ticket? Or is the "intern" thing an attempt to get around that?
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I always thought the "intern" thing was a way to get out of paying, or paying very much, anyway.
Not that it wouldn't be a good opportunity for the right person.
wsuffa
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GRATITOUS, gratitous??
Youmisspelledit...
Hmm??
Are you the guy who types for Obama's teleprompter?
Apparently I was the guy who coded The iPad autocorrect.
Teller1900
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That was kind of my thought. Sounds like it's just an unpaid ferry/demo pilot. Maybe I'm just jaded...
Think she works in the avionics shop now, something about pitot static checks.
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That must be it, because the "interns" would still be receiving "compensation" (free use of an airplane, hours, fuel), even if they are paid nothing, which would require a CPL.
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kimberlyanne546
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HA!!!
wsuffa
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Sorry, he did not impale.
If they gave me enough peanuts to eat I would love every minute of it.
Very good!
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Probably not what they will be doing, but there is the exception for aircraft salesman.
Which I believe is how they will sell it to the FAA.
250 hours a PP is all you need.
tonycondon
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i have a spare bedroom.
I actually supervise interns at Textron. They pay isn't that bad for entry level people. What we don't pay them are BENEFITS nor do we feel compelled to do anything for them when the term of their internship completes. The amortized cost of an engineering intern versus hiring a fresh out of college guy is about 1/3. I have brought one intern on as a full timer after graduation and passed on another who applied.
ajstoner21
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I was an intern at Bell which is a textron company and they pay very well for an internship i thought. My understanding is that bell won't hire you as an intern if they aren't willing to hire you full time after. Most interns at Bell get full time offers providing they dont really mess up
dell30rb
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We just hired a new graduate ph.d for $25/hr. As an intern a few years back i used to get $15/hr
there is another program from the state that is designed to bring jobs to small biotech businesses. If you are in-state and in the biotech industry, you pay $5000 a year and the state pays another 30k plus healthcare to get you a ph.d graduate in the sci and tech realm from an NC school. That's 35k a year. The catch is that these folks all have zero work experience. We have interviewed a few.
Education, the next bubble. I made more money mowing lawns and fixing cars. The cessna guys will be lucky to get paid. I'd do that job for free though
there is another program from the state that is designed to bring jobs to small biotech businesses. If you are in-state and in the biotech industry, you pay $5000 a year and the state pays another 30k plus healthcare to get you a ph.d graduate in the sci and tech realm from an NC school. That's 35k a year. The catch is that these folks all have zero work experience. We have interviewed a few.
Education, the next bubble. I made more money mowing lawns and fixing cars. The cessna guys will be lucky to get paid. I'd do that job for free though
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That's what I think too. We are talking about aviation, not engineering or biotech. There are lots of people who would do it for free or just expenses.
kimberlyanne546
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How many hours do you have now? I remember you had a lot due to the cross country and waiting for your birthday.
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Sounds like a good job for an old broken down guy like me...I have manage to scrape together at least 250 hours. :wink2:
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***We interrupt this program to bring you this breaking news.***
A bear has been impaled by a low flying aircraft. PETA is condemning the attack on an innocent animal and is holding a news conference demanding the FAA increase regulation on low flying aircraft.
Now back to your regularly scheduled commercials. Film at 11:00.................
A bear has been impaled by a low flying aircraft. PETA is condemning the attack on an innocent animal and is holding a news conference demanding the FAA increase regulation on low flying aircraft.
Now back to your regularly scheduled commercials. Film at 11:00.................
That would explain this:
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That was some trick. The airplane must have been doing a tail slide or something.
Tree Fiddy
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That was some trick. The airplane must have been doing a tail slide or something.
One minor detail left out. The media doesn't care about accuracy. They just want to report aircraft and injury's.