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Old March 9th, 2008, 21:23   #205
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Default Re: Expressjet offering COLAs (voluntary furloughs) to pilot

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Originally Posted by Chris_Ford View Post
And in those three months in a foreign country, how are you going to pay your rent back in the states, let alone afford to be able to live somewhere else (europe? exchange rate kills you...)
I don't have any student loans I have to pay every month which helps. If I had to, and I probably wouldn't, I could setup my apartment as a crashpad for a few months to offset the rent. I might return to find it totally destroyed though (and all my food eaten from the fridge) so that would be a desperation move. I also put a little aside every paycheck for miscellaneous expenses. Wouldn't be too difficult. Europe might be a bit much. But China, Russia, Japan -- all doable.
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