Monday March 3, 2025

ICYMI - Coffee With The ILLBA February Meeting

Did you miss our first Coffee Meeting of 2025 ? Click here for the recording on our YouTube channel.

Thank you to ILLBA vendor member Jodie Lethgo of Career Driver for an informative session regarding the use of AI to boost your recruiting strategy !

News You Can Use

US airlines say new rights for disabled passengers are “overreach”

Source: Travel Tomorrow

A major airline trade organization is urging the Trump administration to put an end to a federal review that could require airlines to compensate passengers in cash for lengthy flight delays.

According to Business Insider, Airlines for America (A4A), which represents 10 carriers—including such industry giants as Delta, American and United—sent a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Monday calling for the review to be dropped.

The new rules made airlines accountable for returning wheelchairs to customers without delay and in the same condition they found them in, meaning the carriers were presumed responsible for any damage caused to wheelchairs while in their possession.

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Court Approves Spirit Airlines’

Reorganization Plan

Spirit Airlines, Inc. received court approval for a $795 million funded debt equitizing plan on February 20, which the company expects to alleviate its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

After struggling to recover following the pandemic and a failed merger with JetBlue that was blocked by the federal government citing anti-competitive concerns, Spirit became the first to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy since American Airlines in 2011. 

It reported around $3.3 billion in debt and laid off several hundred pilots in a money-saving effort. While it’s been trimming pilots and unpopular routes, the airline’s day-to-day operations have not changed. 

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Fake check scam targets online car sellers

Are you selling a car online? If so, know that scammers may target you. They’ll pretend to be a buyer and try to trick you into sending them money. Here’s how the scam works.

It starts with a message from someone who says they’re interested in buying your car. They say they aren’t local and can’t look at it in person. Next, they’ll send you a check as a deposit to hold the car. But the check they send is for more than you expected. The “buyer” says they “accidentally” overpaid and asks you to send the extra money back. But if you do, the buyer and the money will be gone because every bit of this was a lie.

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Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025

After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it will be retiring it from active duty on May 5 to double down on Teams. Skype users have 10 weeks to decide what they want to do with their account.

It’s not clear how many people are impacted. The most recent numbers that Microsoft had shared were in 2023, when it said it had more than 36 million users — a long way from Skype’s peak of 300 million users.

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Save the Date - 2025 NLA Day on the Hill 

The 2025 Day on the Hill event will taking place on April 28-29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Educational sessions will take place on Monday, April 28th with the Hill visits on Tuesday, April 29th.

Each year, NLA members head to Washington D.C. to meet with their elected representatives in efforts to educate them on the current issues and concerns facing our industry. 



More details will be coming soon!

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