Kevin Jones

Fed Pilot Podcast

The Fed Pilot Podcast - Making Federal Benefits Understandable for Humans. Answering questions about Federal Retirement Benefits taken from the Fed Pilot workshops. Want us to ask a question for us to answer? https://fedpilot.com. Created by: Kevin Jones of http://FedPilot.comRSSVERIFY

Author

Kevin Jones

Category

Education

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Latest episode

Feb 10, 2026

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Episodes

#43 - Work ‘til 62, TRICARE or FEHB, Would You Rather? 11.05.2021

This episode covers: - WORKING TO 62 - TRICARE OR FEHB - Would you rather Roth or Traditional?

#42 - Buy Back, COLA, Mixed Life 04.05.2021

This episode covers: - Buy Back - COLA @ 62 - Private Life Insurance vs. FEGLI

#41 - LEOs, Penalties, MRA & TSP 27.04.2021

This episode covers: - LEO w/ 29.4 years - SS penalty after 65 - Accessing TSP @ 55

#40 - Burn or Save, Who Pays, IRA vs TSP ( Part 3) 20.04.2021

This episode covers: - Use or Burn? - Who pays FEGLI? - TSP vs. IRA Part 3

#39 - Locality Pay, LTC, IRA vs TSP ( Part 2) 13.04.2021

This episode covers: - Locality in High-3 - Transfering LTC - TSP vs. IRA Part 2

#38 - Buy Back, Secondary FEHB, IRA vs TSP ( Part 1) 06.04.2021

This episode covers: - Buying back time - Medicare & FEHB - TSP & IRAs Part 1

#37 - Chronic Health, FEHB Drain, Mortgage Pay off 30.03.2021

This episode covers: - Retiring with chronic health issues - Does pension cover FEHB? - Paying off home mortgages

#36 - Deferred, Fed Couples, Agency Match 23.03.2021

This episode covers: - Deferred retirements - Bonuses for married federal couples - How TSP match works

#35 - Pension vs Annuity, FRA vs MRA, and Lump vs. Annuity 16.03.2021

This episode covers: - Pension, annuity - what’s the difference? - FRAs & MRAs - the difference - TSP lump sums and the annuity

#34 - 62 & 16, Blue States, Roth Options 09.03.2021

This episode covers: - When you can retire - Which states tax your pension - TSP Roth or private Roth?

#33 - HR 2478, Spousal SS, Equal Funds 03.03.2021

This episode covers: - HR2478 & buying time back - States the tax your pension - Equal distribution between TSP funds

#32 - LWOP, L Funds, Beneficiary 25.02.2021

- What does LWOP affect? - Switching L-FUNDS - TSP beneficiaries

#31 - Too Much $, FEGLI Basic, Balancing TSP 23.02.2021

- Retiring in the middle of the year with SRS - Pick FEGLI back up? - TSP allocations

#30 - Penalties, Whole Life, Special Provision 18.02.2021

- Medicare Part B penalty - Whole vs. Universal life insurance - Special Provision FERS

#29 - Early Bird, Price Hikes, and Allocations 17.02.2021

- Early Social Security - FEGLI vs. private life insurance costs - Switching to Roth

#28 - Pension Refund, FICA, Roth Switch 11.02.2021

This episode covers: - Lump sum after OPM processes? - Max SS & Rehiring - How can you switch to Roth?

#27 - Vacation Days, Locked in, Avoid Penalty 09.02.2021

This episode covers: - Vacation days paid out earned income? - Locked into the next FEGLI increase - 59.5 to pull out money without a penalty

#26 - LEO 62, 1991, Tax Brackets 04.02.2021

This episode covers: - COLAs at 62 - Buy back time for temporary service - ROTH conversion planning

#25 - SF-50, 240, Conversion 02.02.2021

This episode covers: - What is an SF-50? - Buy back time for temporary service - ROTH conversion planning

#24 - Burning SL, Still There?, Army Reserve 28.01.2021

This episode covers: - Burning sick leave hourly - "Gap Payment" at 62? - Army Reserve pensions & all this

#23 - Draw Down, Suspension, Roth Dump 26.01.2021

This episode covers: - Daw money from Social Security - FEHB & ChampVA - All in Roth

#22 - Compression, W2s, TRICARE 21.01.2021

This episode covers: - Sick Leave Conversion - Survivor Benefits & TSP - Tricare, Medicare, and issues

#21 - Formulas, 8%, 5% 19.01.2021

This episode covers: - Part-time formulas - Social Security 8% increase - What the TSP 5% is

#20 - Divorce, Retire When, Regrets 26.11.2020

This episode covers: - Divorce and benefits - Birthday or end of month? - I can retire when?!

#19 - Death, 21, Annuities 24.11.2020

This episode covers: - What if my spouse dies first? - What happens at 21? - Annuities and RMDs?

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