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First group of interns should be leaving Vero this week. They're broken up into 2 groups...level 1 & 2. Level 1 is a short-term 90 day internship for those on the waiting list. A true internship, you'll do copying and phone answering along with flying in the sims and attending classes.

Level 2 is for guys who finished their 800-hour CFI contract. They'll be more along the lines of sim instructors/full time right seat dudes for customers needing a sim partner. They'll be full time and will get a free type rating at the end of a year. I know a CFI going to a Gulfstream internship and will get his GXX type worth the better part of 60K.

The *REAL* benefit of these internships will be the INCREDIBLE networking opportunities afforded the interns. Impress your sim partner? Maybe he'll offer you a job. Stranger things have happened.

Right now, only 5 centers are taking interns in a sort of trial run. Eventually (I think within months) you'll see many more centers signing on. Mr. Ueltschi (sp?) is fully supporting this program...he's Mr. FlightSafety. He founded the company over 50 years ago and still runs it today.

It's a great program that can go a long way toward helping our CFI's enter the world of corporate aviation. Plus, it'll move some CFI's up the ladder and out of Vero! That's a plus for everyone concerned.

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