Travel Express Aviation Maintenance, Inc. v. Bridgeview Bank Group
Citation: 406 Ill. App. 3d 1013 · Court: Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. Full opinion retrieved 2026-10-17 from the primary opinion text.
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Facts
A bank held an earlier FAA-recorded aircraft security interest. Later repair claims asserted Labor and Storage Act liens; the bank disposed of the aircraft through Article 9.
Holding And Disposition
Affirmed the bank’s superior security interest and discharge of the junior statutory repair liens through its Article 9 sale. The FAA security interest did not require a five-year continuation.
Reasoning
770 ILCS 45/4 expressly subordinates the statutory service lien to bona fide UCC security interests in the same chattel recorded before the commencement of the lien (the lien commences when the work or storage began, 45/1). Section 9-617 governs the bank’s discharge of junior interests.
Limits And Current Use
The court expressly declined deciding whether FAA recording without county filing independently invalidated the repair liens. county-recorder requirements derive from 45/2 and FAA recordability instructions, not a fictional holding here.
Verification
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