Like the farming idea... flew with a guy who had a Xmas tree farm... did very well tax wise. Also hearing that vacation rental property is a good way to go... need to do some homework.

Always get a chuckle when I read a new hire complaining about flying Xmas, holidays, weekends, etc. (especially when one is less than one year with the company!). Did they miss the brief that this is a seniority based system?

I pretty much counted on at least my first 5 years sucking, so I didn't see any point in complaining about it.

On another note. In 26years I have never seen the amount of guys flying the last 15dys of a month in a row without a break... IMHO FAR 117 has been a total disaster... very rarely happened with 30 in 7.