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trof

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17. In spades. I was an airline pilot.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 07:24 PM

May 2017

I dream about showing up for work, but...
I don't have my ID badge
I don't have my passport
I'm not in uniform
I don't have my nav kit (That rectangular bag we all used to carry with approach plates, worldwide nav charts, flight handbook for the airplane, etc., etc., until it all went digital on the computer in the cockpit.)
I'm no longer qualified on the airplane I'm on.
I get to JFK the day AFTER my flight departed.

I hung it up in '99, but I still get the dreams once in a while.

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I retired a few months ago, and I keep having work-related dreams. [View all] raccoon Apr 2017 OP

I had a really bad experience at work about 30 years ago greymattermom Apr 2017 #1

Mr. Shraby retired over 10 years ago and still dreams about the job he had and shraby Apr 2017 #2

10 years retired myself. Very vivid but mundane dreams of going in and doing my job. Midnight Writer Nov 2017 #28

Retired now for 1 yr and 3 mo.... ret5hd Apr 2017 #3

My nights have been rife with work dreams True Dough Apr 2017 #4

I retired three years ago and still dream about work. femmocrat Apr 2017 #5

I have dreams similar to what you describe in paragraph 2 after four years. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2017 #6

I've been retired 25 months. TexasProgresive Apr 2017 #7

I still dream about work after 9 years alfie Apr 2017 #8

Retired nurse also Runningdawg Apr 2017 #15

Retired 8 months ago. Golden Raisin Apr 2017 #9

I retired 4 years ago lillypaddle Apr 2017 #10

I left my full time corporate job in 2004. Yonnie3 Apr 2017 #11

Everytime I've left a long-term job or situation I've had dreams for years afterwards. Nitram Apr 2017 #12

Wires wires all over the place duncang Apr 2017 #13

Yes, many times. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2017 #14

I too am retired, and just last night I dreamed about my former boss angstlessk Apr 2017 #16

In spades. I was an airline pilot. trof May 2017 #17

That sounds just like the "exam dream" which I've had from time to time over the years. raccoon May 2017 #18

Here's another weird thing. Flying dreams. trof May 2017 #20

When I was in college (many years ago) I used to dream about missing a final exam... Rollo Nov 2017 #27

I retired in 2009, and I had one of those dreams last night DavidDvorkin May 2017 #19

Last day teaching in a high school...20 years ago.. Stuart G Jun 2017 #21

I was a school teacher for 9 years TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #22

I see a common thread here mitch96 Jun 2017 #23

I retired 17 years ago and still have dreams about work - driving a truck ( I was a teamster). demosincebirth Jun 2017 #24

Think that's bad? ... RealityChik Nov 2017 #25

I retired 10 years ago and I still occasionally dream I'm at work. Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #26

YES! Sometimes I wake up kinda... trof Dec 2017 #31

Thank you for this thread. I thought I was the only one still dreaming about my work Blindingly apparent Nov 2017 #29

It gradually dies off rock Nov 2017 #30

I've been retired for six years now, and I still dream about my old job. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #32

I started having them five years after I retired demosincebirth May 2018 #33

About 2 years ago, started having PTSD dreams about a job I left about 15 years ago. Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #34

I still occasionally dream about a job I left in 1979. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #35

Yep. Same here. Still 19 years later. trof Oct 2018 #36