7 pages. In its April 27 letter, the Academy's Pension Committee recommends that the tables' base rates be adopted as the basis that pension plans use to determine current mortality liability. But the committee also suggests that the base tables be adjusted first to reflect the higher blue-collar mortality rates. Excerpt: Below is a description of the study's background and pertinent findings and our recommendation for the mortality table(s) to be used for current liability determinations.  MORE >>