How Airlines Got the Power to Screw Passengers

Описание: In this episode, we look at why flying feels worse than ever — and why your rights as a passenger are quietly disappearing.

The story begins with a simple travel nightmare: delays, cancellations, shrinking seats, and an airline system that seems built to exhaust customers rather than help them. But behind the frustration is a bigger political and economic shift — one that may permanently change what airlines owe the people who fly with them.

The Biden administration proposed sweeping new passenger protections that would have forced airlines to automatically refund customers for cancelled or severely delayed flights — in cash, without forms, phone calls, or voucher traps. Those rules were modeled after European law and could have returned millions of dollars to travelers every year.

But in 2025, the Trump administration quietly shelved the plan.

This episode breaks down who fought the rules, how airline lobbyists reshaped federal policy, and why powerful carriers are now pushing to roll back refund guarantees, junk-fee transparency, family seating protections, and even disability access rules.

As airlines post record profits and consolidate more control over U.S. air travel, the question becomes unavoidable:

Should the system protect corporations — or the people who pay to use it?

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