Cirrus,
im very suprised ot hear u have friends who started out as young cadet and are bored of flying now and have no other skills. Being a pilot is the perfect job to get involved with all sorts of other duties within the airline, recruitment, management, operations, get to know the company inside out! and start your own if your bored!
With a decent salary there's money to play with! They could invest, start companys, play the stock market, the possibilities are endless.