Originally Posted by
asmallstep4man
2. Can anyone speak to how easy it is to take a leave of absence for personal reasons here? I have taken a gap year before I got into this industry traveling the world and have aspirations to do things like climb the world's biggest mountains and volunteer abroad for an extended period of time.
Not likely due to employment law. They have to treat all employees equally... so if they give YOU a LOA for X reason, they'd have to grant the same to every subsequent applicant. Maybe possibly UAL if you were going to serve some woke cause and they could piggy-back some brand recognition on that?
Other than waiting for a downturn and taking voluntary furlough, you'd probably need to go out on disability to get that kind of time off (but then you can't travel).