Well that's that. I am officially unemployed

[AlanCasida]

After 42 years in the electrical trade and working the last 32 yrs, 7mths at The Boeing Company-now-Spirit Aerosystems as an industrial electrician/CNC technician, I have called it a day and am embarking on the next chapter of my life. 

[gregaba]

Good luck.
 You will be lost for a while until you get used to it.
Greg

[AlanCasida]

Good luck.
 You will be lost for a while until you get used to it.
Greg

Thanks! I think it will take a little while to grasp the idea that I will (hopefully) never have to in to a job again unless I just want to, since I have always worked,

[427mach1]

Congrats from another soon-to-be retired aerospace worker!  Are you in the Seattle area or Wichita or?  I'll be retiring at the end of June after 34 years of wind tunnel testing for Lockheed Martin just outside of Atlanta.

[turbohunter]

Congrats Alan.
I just turned 65 the other day and I must say, this little look into retirement for the last 3 months courtesy of China has me thinking I’m going to like it. It’s really nice that if you don’t get a job done on your car you just finish the next day. No worries about having to get to work.
Just have enough projects to stay busy is what I’m thinking.

[jayb]

Congrats Alan, I think you will LOVE being retired. 

[mbrunson427]

Congrats Alan! Are you doing the rocky mountain race week this year? I know you had spoken of it in the past.

[FElony]

Congrats, Alan. Good time to start a fitness program, if you haven't already. Sedentary complacency can often lead to waking up face-first in the planter in front of your porch, the neighborhood kids jeering at you while their dogs add their two cents to the liter of tequila your bladder geysered into your cheap Chinese jeans four hours ago. Not that that has ever happened to me. Nope. Not me. Just sayin' as an example. Happened to a friend. Yep, that's it.

[FElony]

I just turned 65 the other day.......

Damn old farts, always one step ahead. I turned 64 yesterday, but you're darn tootin' I'll have caught up to you by next year. I gots me some nitrous; I assume that's what a skull and crossbones on this bottle means.

[turbohunter]

I assume that's what a skull and crossbones on this bottle means.

Nitrous for the soul

[AlanCasida]

Thanks for all the well wishes. I will answer the questions posed here.
I work(ed) at the Wichita facility

 I am not sure if I'll make to RMRW. I have yet to make it to the track due to the ongoing Corona virus thing. Also the transition to retirement requires me to go on COBRA insurance for a little while and I won't get my info until probably the middle of June so I am not sure I want to do a lot of risky activities, like drag racing every day for a week, until I get all that squared away.
 
I am 61, will turn 62 in November and am already fairly active and eat right...for the most part so I am also H/W proportionate and don't smoke or drink. Also I DO NOT wear or even own any Chinese clothing  . I buy USA made stuff whenever I can.

[FERoadster]

Alan: Congrat's. I was fortunate enough to retire 17+years ago at the age of 55 after 33+ years at MichCon Gas Company in Detroit,.
At least in the utility industry they gave both my wife and I  (we each retired before we married ) full insurance coverage plus full retirements. 
We both are runners and that keeps us healthy. I still run about 700 miles a year usually 5.5 miles 4 days a week. But I do drink red wine to maintain my sanity.
FE's keep me on the search for more in life. Please keep exercising.
Richard >>> FERoadster

[JamesonRacing]

Thanks for all the well wishes. I will answer the questions posed here.
I work(ed) at the Wichita facility

 I am not sure if I'll make to RMRW. I have yet to make it to the track due to the ongoing Corona virus thing. Also the transition to retirement requires me to go on COBRA insurance for a little while and I won't get my info until probably the middle of June so I am not sure I want to do a lot of risky activities, like drag racing every day for a week, until I get all that squared away.
 
I am 61, will turn 62 in November and am already fairly active and eat right...for the most part so I am also H/W proportionate and don't smoke or drink. Also I DO NOT wear or even own any Chinese clothing  . I buy USA made stuff whenever I can.

I worked at BMAC Wichita when I graduated from KU in Mechanical Engineering.  Worked there from 1984 to 1988.  Good times in Do-dah!

[cjshaker]

COBRA insurance? You don't think that's a coincidence do you, Alan? COBRA? Seems to me that racing should be REQUIRED under COBRA insurance!

Congrats on your retirement. Something tells me that you'll find plenty to keep you busy. I do hope you will make it to Drag Week this year.

People don't realize it, but you can actually find clothing still made in the U.S. Several years ago, it took me a while to find suppliers for everything, but I've managed to get almost all my clothes made in the U.S.

[BruceS]

Alan, +1 with all!  I think you did the right thing and now have the rest of your life to look forward to.  Agree with Jay, you're going to like it.  I've been retired 5 years now from the petroleum industry and it seems like my timing was spot-on. Advise received when I retired was 1. Have something to retire to, and 2. Stay physically and mentally active.  Our FEs can provide a lot of those challenges, always something to learn.   

Our daughter just hit her 15th anniversary at Boeing in Seattle working in Flight Controls.  I hope she can make it as long as you did!