FedEx Pilots’ Guide to TA 2026: The Smart Tax Moves
In this episode, Ryan is joined once again by CPA Zach Smith to unpack the FedEx TA 26 retirement choices, this time from a tax and long‑term planning angle.
In this episode, Ryan is joined once again by CPA Zach Smith to unpack the FedEx TA 26 retirement choices, this time from a tax and long‑term planning angle.
FedEx pilots are facing a major decision with three very different retirement options, each with long-term implications for income, flexibility, and legacy from the 2026 tentative agreement.
Ryan tackles the most common AI-related questions pilots are Googling right now, and where human judgment still plays a critical role.
AI is changing everything right now, and aviation isn’t going to be immune to that. The question is… what does it actually mean for you as a pilot?
In this episode, Ryan walks through how life insurance decisions evolve over time and why what worked earlier in your career may not hold up as retirement approaches. Tune in to hear the key differences between term, whole, and universal life, and how it may impact your retirement.
In this episode, Ryan breaks down how markets are reacting to the ongoing conflict in Iran and what investors should be paying attention to right now.
Ryan unpacks some of the most common retirement tax mistakes and how they show up in real life.
Ryan takes inspiration from Hollywood’s biggest night and hands out a few “Academy Awards” of our own to the strategies and habits that make a retirement plan truly successful.
Global tensions have escalated following the conflict in Iran, and investors are feeling the ripple effects. In this timely conversation, Ryan shares perspective on how markets typically respond to war, why uncertainty creates volatility, and why emotional decision-making can be costly. While headlines quickly shift from one crisis to the next, the core principles of investing remain the same: discipline, patience, and long-term thinking.
On the surface, Trump Accounts look like a win: free money for newborns, long-term investing, and a built-in head start toward adulthood.