Vaughn v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n International

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

TOWNES, District Judge.

This case arises from the recent dire financial quagmire of U.S. Airways, Inc. (“US Airways”). Since 2002, U.S. Airways has filed for bankruptcy protection on two separate occasions, and has been in constant financial turmoil. During the first reorganization, begun in August 2002, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved the termination of U.S. Airways’ then-effective pilot pension plan, a defined benefit plan, and the implementation of a replacement defined contribution plan. US Airways once again filed for…