Fix Airline Pension Problems in Congress, Not in Court

United Airlines, mired in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for 29 months, has shed itself of its defined-benefit pension plans, shipping them out to join the nearly 3,500 other failures administered by the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (see p. 28). This means trouble for many of United's...

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