Tuesday, July 29, 2025

The Professor’s Minute Minute – July 30, 2025

 Big Tech arrogance, engineering dreams, OTA data truths, and spy games in the skies. Today’s post mixes regulatory reckoning with the surprising power of information.


Big Tech’s argument about stupid consumers is hitting a wall.

They’re called judges, and they’re not buying it. A must-read (if you can get past the paywall).

๐Ÿ”— https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2369616

BYD is set to overtake Tesla sales.

Musk’s self-inflicted wounds finally show up in the scoreboard.

๐Ÿ”— https://killercharts.substack.com/p/byd-is-set-to-overtake-tesla-sales

So you want to be an aircraft engineer?

A good intro to the career path and a reminder of who keeps us flying.

๐Ÿ”— https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/special-edition-get-know-aviation-engineer-p288e/

A great OTA primer.

Want to know who really owns the customer? Hint: It’s not the hotel. It’s the data.

๐Ÿ”— https://substack.com/home/post/p-169123964

The bad old days when airline employees were secret agents, returned?

A tangled tale from France, Algeria, and the DGSI.

๐Ÿ”— https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2025/07/28/from-french-interior-ministry-to-air-algerie-via-the-dgsi-the-legal-woes-of-an-algerian-intelligence-informant-in-france%2C110494906-art

Quirky: A lavatory flush every 12 to 15 passengers.

That’s the average on long-haul flights. You may never un-hear that before your next aisle seat booking.

๐Ÿ”— https://simpleflying.com/boeing-787-vacuum-toilets-water-usage/


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