I'm not on furlough but am part of the ACA Swim Team. I am 42 years old and drawing a "pension" from my 24 years serving the country in the USAF. Nope..didn't fly (ran out of birthdays before I became an officer) but managed to get an ATP, CFIIMEI and all that and was recently hired into the pool at ACA.
To keep from growing fat eating cookies all day I took a job at the FBO I was instructing at. They want out of the instruction/rental business but let me stay on to do "lineboy" work. I am the only guy on the airport with any college (I have a Master of Arts Degree in Management) and I'm driving a freakin' fuel truck...and I love it!
Point here is to take what you can...the lineboy job keeps me at the airport where I've picked up some instrument refresher work, basic instruction and a brunette. What a country!
To keep from growing fat eating cookies all day I took a job at the FBO I was instructing at. They want out of the instruction/rental business but let me stay on to do "lineboy" work. I am the only guy on the airport with any college (I have a Master of Arts Degree in Management) and I'm driving a freakin' fuel truck...and I love it!
Point here is to take what you can...the lineboy job keeps me at the airport where I've picked up some instrument refresher work, basic instruction and a brunette. What a country!