Key legal question
Whether the appellant had a right against the pension fund to payment of the overbridge pension for 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2004.
Extracted holding
The pension fund had no independent contractual duty to pay the overbridge pension; the right existed only against Swissair, which had not been shown to transfer or join the obligation to the fund.
Extracted reasoning
The collective agreement and the pension fund regulations only referred to the employer's separate obligation and indicated the fund as paying agent. No contractual takeover or accession by the fund was established, and the alleged financing of the benefit was not proven in a way that created a direct claim.