Originally Posted by moondog

I did an internship with an airline when I was 17 years old (I was just as much into aviation then as I am now, and I put together a spectacular job application). But, upon realizing that our big boss was not especially well paid, and everyone else was underpaid, I concluded that working in the business wasn't especially fruitful. That having been said, it was a very cool experience for me, on the whole.