# Elevate Your Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Spill Solutions Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/elevate-your-retirement-benefits-401-k-spill-solutions Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/elevate-your-retirement-benefits-401-k-spill-solutions.md Podcast: [The Alaska Pilots Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050) Published: 2023-10-02T17:43:35+00:00 Episode link: https://alaskapilots.podbean.com/e/elevate-your-retirement-benefits-401k-spill-solutions/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xq4cqf/Spill-Sound-Edit.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/episodes/elevate-your-retirement-benefits-401-k-spill-solutions Duration seconds: 2429 ## Resource In the recently negotiated contract, higher pay rates and additional employer contributions to defined contribution (DC) plans were secured. As a result, these benefits will cause more pilots to exceed annual IRS limits on amounts that may be contributed to the PISP 401(k). Company contributions to 401(k) exceeding these limits spills into pilots’ paychecks, thereby limiting potential tax-deferred and dues free retirement savings. The Alaska Pilots’ Retirement and Insurance (R&I) Committee, professional ALPA staff and other subject matter experts have researched multiple tax-advantaged avenues to address the spill issue. Join host Strategic Communications Chair David Campbell as he discusses this issue and the solutions being worked on with MEC Chairman Will McQuillen, R&I Committee Chairman Shane Wrobel, R&I Committee member Jerry Traphagen, and ALPA Benefits Specialist Phil Borgman. Alaska pilots may find additional information, including an animated video, FAQs, dates for upcoming coffee sits, and more by clicking here. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/episodes/elevate-your-retirement-benefits-401-k-spill-solutions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/elevate-your-retirement-benefits-401-k-spill-solutions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.