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ufgatorpilot 05-26-2020 05:41 PM

Furlough ideas (not jobs)
 
If you were furloughed for a year or two and didn’t need to worry about getting another job while on furlough, what would you do with your time off? So far I’ve thought of these ideas, but I’m trying to add to the list.

- buy a camper and hit the road for a year
- hike the AT or PCH

RustyChain 05-26-2020 05:49 PM

What do you like to do?

Do more of that. This isnt hard.

PotatoChip 05-26-2020 06:39 PM


Originally Posted by ufgatorpilot (Post 3064684)
If you were furloughed for a year or two and didn’t need to worry about getting another job while on furlough, what would you do with your time off? So far I’ve thought of these ideas, but I’m trying to add to the list.

- buy a camper and hit the road for a year
- hike the AT or PCH

Must be nice to be wealthy and privileged enough to not worry about such trivialities as mortgage payments and health insurance for your children.

...Either of the above would be fun if I were 15 years younger. Considering the current world climate, a lot of items are scratched off the list; maybe not entirely, but enough that they wouldn't be as cool as they would otherwise.
I'd add raft guide in the summer in CA, and lift operator in the winter. That'd be a fun year.
Or this... move somewhere completely random, like, say, Butte, MT. Get a job at a Lowe's, a distribution company, something entry level where you'll meet a lot of people. Get a small apartment. Don't ever tell anyone you're a pilot. Just live there for a year making friends and having that life. You'll forever remember that different year.

Grumpyaviator 05-26-2020 08:00 PM

Helping missionaries in Africa or SA.

Beaver Hunter 05-26-2020 08:44 PM


Originally Posted by PotatoChip (Post 3064726)
Must be nice to be wealthy and privileged enough to not worry about such trivialities as mortgage payments and health insurance for your children.

...Either of the above would be fun if I were 15 years younger. Considering the current world climate, a lot of items are scratched off the list; maybe not entirely, but enough that they wouldn't be as cool as they would otherwise.
I'd add raft guide in the summer in CA, and lift operator in the winter. That'd be a fun year.
Or this... move somewhere completely random, like, say, Butte, MT. Get a job at a Lowe's, a distribution company, something entry level where you'll meet a lot of people. Get a small apartment. Don't ever tell anyone you're a pilot. Just live there for a year making friends and having that life. You'll forever remember that different year.

oh boohoo, potato chip

reid 05-26-2020 09:35 PM


Originally Posted by ufgatorpilot (Post 3064684)
- hike the AT or PCH

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail might be a bit more interesting than Pacific Coast Highway, but to each their own.

ReadOnly7 05-26-2020 09:51 PM

Give Walter White a run for his money.....

ACessential 05-26-2020 10:21 PM


Originally Posted by ufgatorpilot (Post 3064684)
If you were furloughed for a year or two and didn’t need to worry about getting another job while on furlough, what would you do with your time off? So far I’ve thought of these ideas, but I’m trying to add to the list.

- buy a camper and hit the road for a year
- hike the AT or PCH

Volunteer for covid vaccine trials

at6d 05-27-2020 01:09 AM

Route 66 on a Harley.

TimetoClimb 05-27-2020 04:37 AM

I'd go on a surf tour around the pacific rim


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