Originally Posted by GolferNJ

Anyone considering a pension in exchange for anything (especially scope) should read "Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers" by Ellen Schultz. An oldie, but goodie. You have no idea the lengths United and Wall Street will go to raid any future pension. It is not a question of "if" but "when" a pension will be liquidated.