I was the summer intern at
Nationwide Insurance Flight
Department in Columbus, Ohio.
I co-oped at United Airlines.
The internship at the
Cleveland Weather Center
was extremely fun.
My first internship
was at NASA Langley,
and I have participated in
a multi-disciplinary team
of students from all
around the country.
And we participated on a
design build and fly of package
pick up and delivery UAV.
I've had two internships with
Cleveland Hopkins International
Airport.
The first summer that I
had an internship there,
it was in performance
management.
And I realized that
I didn't like it.
So the next summer they
gave me the opportunity
to intern in another department,
airport operations, which
was something that
I ended up loving.
My advice to students is to
do an internship no matter
what direction you want to
go in aviation, whether it
be corporate or airlines
or private aviation.
It is definitely a
good thing for students
to go out and search out
internships and co-ops.
If I could give advice
to an incoming freshmen,
I would tell them to seek
internship opportunities
as soon as possible.
You shouldn't fear
not being prepared.
They will help to prepare you.
You will learn so much more
about yourself and aviation.
I got to work in Willis
Tower on the 27th floor
at the Network
Operations Center.
I got to work for
the FODMs every day,
answering telephone calls from
pilots with real-time issues.
I got to fly and sit in the
jump seat on numerous trips.
I got go on overnight
trips, day trips.
Got to experience
everything that the pilot do
and participate in.
All aspects of their flights.
I got to work with
center controllers
and I got to see how they
interact with the Cleveland
Center Weather Service Unit.
So working with the
CWSU, for short,
I was able to give them
pertinent weather information
that they can then
use and distribute
to their other center
controllers to give to pilots.
This internship helped
me fulfill my career
goal of becoming a
corporate pilot by building
a ton of connections with
professionals in the industry.
I have recently
accepted an offer
to go to NASA
Armstrong in California
where I'll be participating
on a flight testing and UAV
integration into the
national air space.
I think Kent State
completely prepared
to be the pilot side of flying.
I could fly the
simulators and all that.
But when I got to
United, I got to see
the other side of the
operations of an airline.
And I was completely
blown away by that.
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