Loan for ATP
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Loan for ATP
Would you take out a loan on your 401K to pay for your ATP? The goal here is to obtain an ATP. I have been at a regional for almost 5 years and there is no hope in sight for an upgrade. Notice I am not talking about withdrawing from my 401K. I am talking about taking a loan on it and paying it back to myself? Thoughts?
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Absolutely not. If or when you leave you will have to pay the loan back within 30 or 60 days. You should never get a loan or cash out a 401k . Get a low interrest credit card or ask family. An ATP is what maybe $1000. Lower spending the next few months and save the money yourself. There are always things you can do without to save the money. Debt free is a good feeling.
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Were it me, I would not remove money from my 401K. The power of compound interest is too great to forgo on an ATP. You already have a job at an airline and you're probably safe if you've been there five years. Unless you have something lined up based on an ATP, I would wait for someone to pay for it. Compound interest is a wonderful thing. JMO.
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Is there a job you are looking at that you don't qualify for because you don't have an ATP? Most times, an ATP and 50 cents will get you a coke and that's about it... unless you have some PIC turbine to go with it. My advice is: unless you have a job lined up that requires an ATP, it would be a big waste of money.
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Absolutely not. If or when you leave you will have to pay the loan back within 30 or 60 days. You should never get a loan or cash out a 401k . Get a low interrest credit card or ask family. An ATP is what maybe $1000. Lower spending the next few months and save the money yourself. There are always things you can do without to save the money. Debt free is a good feeling.
I don't have 2500.00 on hand. I am looking at getting this ATP to hopefully move on to a fractional or other type of flying that will allow me the comfort of being able to afford such things like this certificate. If I stay where I am at(regional) and continue to live near paycheck to paycheck while not really even puting into my 401K then it seems like I am just sitting victim to this bad situation. Now on the flipside, if I take a loan out from myself to get the ATP, then hopefully I will be able to land a better job that pays a comfortable wage. Then I will even be able to put more into my 401K vs. puting nothing into it right now.
I know it's never good to take from your 401K, however life as a career regional FO doesn't allow you to even put into it.
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I dont' believe you wind up paying taxes on it unless you leave your current employer and then it goes to default and default is the same thing as a withdrawal. I need the ATP before I can apply to the fractionals. I am not currently puting into my 401K. The money in there was given to me through a BK settlement at Comair.
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From everyone's favorite lesbian financial guru, Suze Orman:
"Also, never ever borrow against your 401k plan because you will pay double taxation on the money you borrow. Because you don't pay taxes on the money you put into a 401k, when you pay back the loan (which you must do within five years, or 15 years if used to buy a home), you pay it back with money you have paid taxes on. Then, when you retire and take the money out again, you end up paying taxes on it a second time. And that isn't even considering the penalties you have to pay if you change jobs/quit/lose your job, in which case the money is due immediately and subject to taxes and a 10% penalty."
"Also, never ever borrow against your 401k plan because you will pay double taxation on the money you borrow. Because you don't pay taxes on the money you put into a 401k, when you pay back the loan (which you must do within five years, or 15 years if used to buy a home), you pay it back with money you have paid taxes on. Then, when you retire and take the money out again, you end up paying taxes on it a second time. And that isn't even considering the penalties you have to pay if you change jobs/quit/lose your job, in which case the money is due immediately and subject to taxes and a 10% penalty."
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So lets say I get taxed on it twice. Once in 6 months and once in 38 years or so. If we are talking about taxing 2000 dollars now, that is $120.00. Take out 2000.00 dollars at the end and say the tax rate isn't 6% anymore. Let's say it's 10%. That is 200.00 (approx) that I would be taxed on it at the end. We are talking about 320.00.
Now let's look at the big picture. If I got hired by Netjets, or Shares for example, I would be able to max out my 401K each year, whereas I am not able to put anything into it right now. That would far exceed the 2000.00 we are looking at here. Wouldn't it?
Now let's look at the big picture. If I got hired by Netjets, or Shares for example, I would be able to max out my 401K each year, whereas I am not able to put anything into it right now. That would far exceed the 2000.00 we are looking at here. Wouldn't it?
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So lets say I get taxed on it twice. Once in 6 months and once in 38 years or so. If we are talking about taxing 2000 dollars now, that is $120.00. Take out 2000.00 dollars at the end and say the tax rate isn't 6% anymore. Let's say it's 10%. That is 200.00 (approx) that I would be taxed on it at the end. We are talking about 320.00.
Now let's look at the big picture. If I got hired by Netjets, or Shares for example, I would be able to max out my 401K each year, whereas I am not able to put anything into it right now. That would far exceed the 2000.00 we are looking at here. Wouldn't it?
Now let's look at the big picture. If I got hired by Netjets, or Shares for example, I would be able to max out my 401K each year, whereas I am not able to put anything into it right now. That would far exceed the 2000.00 we are looking at here. Wouldn't it?
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