Chrysler: The Next Pension Crisis?

" But for the PBGC, and for Chrysler employees, it's quite possible that all that's been done is to delay the inevitable. Chrysler's pension plans are $9.3 billion underfunded. The company likely won't have to make a contribution for about two years, because of the intricacies of pension funding rules, says Charles E.F. Millard, director of the PBGC until this past January. But once that respite is over, the company will have to hurry up to fill the gap, contributing as much as $1 billion a year."