Category Archives: Airline Industry

GVUL Investing Experimental Comparison (Part 1)

Announcing an experiment that will compare performance of high-fee GVUL investing against low-fee options at more modern and traditional brokerages. Pertinent to Delta pilots, and likely others in the future.

Airline Pensions Part 2: Case Study

A case study comparing a proposed retirement plan change at one company with the plans available at one of that company’s peers.

Airline Pensions Part 1: Gold Standard or Money Left On the Table?

What’s better: a pension or a 401k? This debate should have died out long ago, and here’s the math to prove it.

Second Career Pilots – December 2023 Update

Should a non-pilot switch careers and pursue professional aviation later in life? This is the December 2023 update to that question.

So You Make as Much as a Delta Captain, Do You?

“I make as much as a Delta captain?” Oh, do you? How many days do you have to spend away from home? Let’s run the math.

Upgrade to Captain or Stay an FO? – Another PMTB Calculator

Calculate how much less you might be able to work by upgrading. Fewer days gone, less stress. Hard numbers based on real-world data.

Widget Pilots’ GVUL – Part 2

Part 2 for Delta pilots’ GVUL discusses the investing option. This comes with some heavy fees, offset in many cases by some amazing tax advantages. We run some actual numbers to decide if (when) using the GVUL might be a good choice.

Widget Pilots’ GVUL – Part 1

The Delta pilots’ new life insurance option, GVUL, offers everything their old plan did, plus some huge tax advantages. If you want those advantages, you must take action to opt-in.

The Power and Limitations of Networking

Networking and pilot hiring conferences have their place. However, low-time pilots need to ensure they’ve exhausted other good options before spending big money on these events.