How Should Pilots Use Their Accounts? HRAs, Deferred Comp, Cash Balance Plans, and ESPPs

Professional pilots can accumulate more than just 401(k)s, IRAs, Roth accounts, and brokerage accounts over the course of a career. Airline benefits can also include Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Retiree Health Reimbursement Arrangements, deferred compensation plans, market-based cash balance plans, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other employer-linked accounts that work differently from the accounts pilots manage directly. In this episode of Pilot’s Portfolio, Timothy P. Pope, CFP® b...