This really screams "start a business" at me. Sales guy, probably has a killer rolodex, enough savings to live for 2-3 years, complaints about not being able to fill his free time.
He has enough savings for 2-3 years, which as the majority of businesses fail within the first 2 years (with bank loans) he could easily try to start himself in his own company where there's zero risk of a lay-off (to him at least) and if he strikes lucky he'll be making far more money than he did before.
I know people with their own businesses, not even big businesses, and they pull down upwards of $500,000 a year in money they pocket. The people I know didn't start off where he did, they started off with no degrees, no college, no nothing, just a ford truck and an idea.
This guy's going to sit on his ass for the next two years until things get desperate for him and by that time the economy will be back in full swing and he'll be straight back into a job.
