During our restructuring meetings with management it was voiced to us that Flying Operations were disappointed that flight crew were not keeping up with online courses, downloading manual updates etc, they put out several emails suggesting people use the 'break' to bone up on manual and SOP knowledge. I was amazed that they were surprised how when people are not getting paid they didn't want to carry out work tasks. Now I know there are some aerosexual's out there who get off on reading manuals but personally I do work related stuff when I am at work, if I am not working or being paid I don't even open my Company Ipad. I had no issues going back after 6 months, but do they really expect us to carry on with work related tasks when we are stood down on no pay?