John A. Waeltz and Herbert A. Johnson, Jr. v. Delta Pilots Retirement Plan

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs John Waeltz, a retired Delta Airlines pilot, and Herbert Johnson, a current Delta pilot, brought this action against the Delta Pilots Retirement Plan (“the Plan”) under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). They sought to recover benefits allegedly due to Mr. Waeltz and to challenge the method that the Plan used to calculate benefit distributions. The Plan is administered in Atlanta, Georgia, and conducts all of its business there. Plaintiffs chose to lay venue, however, in the Southern District of Illinois. Upon motion by…