Although I’ve never gone without a paycheck, in the 4 years since I retired, two of them were spent just collecting checks with no responsibility to the company. After a while, I did kind of feel like I needed to do something and eventually went back to bidding a schedule. It’s monkey work. I couldn’t do anything easier for the money. It would be nicer if I could do about 50% of the flying since it’s fairly hard to drop at United, but it’s still a completely different experience than flying for the military. Both good and bad. Good: super easy. low GASF by everybody and everyone. Bad: super easy. low GASF by everybody and everyone.
As a pax carrier, seniority screams by and you’ll be able to pick your schedule in a few years.