US Airways 2005 Annual Report Download - page 250

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US Airways, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements — (Continued)
Components of the net and total periodic cost for pension benefits (in millions):
Predecessor Company
Nine Months Nine Months Three Months
Ended Year Ended Ended Ended
Sept. 30, 2005 Dec. 31, 2004 Dec. 31, 2003 March 31, 2003
Service cost $ 1 $ 40 $ 27 $ 27
Interest cost 6 152 113 89
Expected return on plan assets (5) (128) (89) (69)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost — — — 1
Actuarial loss — — — 1
Net periodic cost 2 64 51 49
Curtailment/settlement gains (801) — — (1,391)
Fresh start loss — — — 1,004
Total periodic cost $ (799) $ 64 $ 51 $ (338)
Components of the net and total periodic cost for other postretirement benefits (in millions):
Successor
Company Predecessor Company
Three Months Nine Months Nine Months Three Months
Ended Ended Year Ended Ended Ended
Dec. 31, 2005 Sept. 30, 2005 Dec. 31, 2004 Dec. 31, 2003 Mar. 31, 2003
Service cost $ 1 $ 8 $ 39 $ 30 $ 11
Interest cost 3 22 88 76 29
Amortization of:
Prior service cost — (76) (13) (10) (10)
Actuarial (gain)/loss — (11) (9) — 6
Net periodic cost 4 (57) 105 96 36
Curtailment/settlement gains — (183) — — —
Fresh start (gain) loss — (1,247) — — 118
Total periodic cost $ 4 $ (1,487) $ 105 $ 96 $ 154
The change in the additional minimum pension liability included in other comprehensive income (loss) was $120 million and $(34) million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004, respectively. See Note 10 for a reconciliation of the components of other
comprehensive income. 244