Originally Posted by IO540
With a decent tourer, the flying will be plain boring. It's the planning that takes the time. Understanding weather data and where to get it, for one.
Its not at all boring. You have constant activity
1 - Study ever single menu option on each of your avionics
2 - Set up schedules on the GNS 530 to tell you to change tanks, do your ops normal check, start a new pool on which airline will next say 'you got the score' or 'how's the ride'
3 - Turn your obs needle another degree to reflect the arc of your Great Circle Route
4 - call up friendly airlines/biz jets for a relay on the hour to let Gander know you still aren't swimming.
but most importantly sit back in glorious isolation knowing no one at work can get a hold of you and you can just soak up the majesty of the Ocean and the Greenland glaciers