Tuesday, July 08, 2025

The Professor’s Minute Minute – July 9, 2025

Quirks, Crashes, and Corporate Drama at 35,000 Feet

1. Transatlantic Detour Club: Now Boarding

Delta flight N805NW technically went from Amsterdam to Detroit… via New York. Pax didn’t sign up for that stopover, but hey, one more immigration line never hurt anyone, right?

Track it on Flightradar24

#Delta #USA #AviationNerd

2. Why Is Business Class So Expensive?

It’s not just greed, folks—it’s amortized leather, soft landings, and corporate write-offs. A sharp (and funny) breakdown of the real economics behind $8K tickets.

Read Oliver’s breakdown

#TravelPricing #AirlineRevenue #Economics

3. Google, Meet Brussels (Again)

The EU antitrust regulator has another bone to pick—this time over AI Overviews. Apparently, summarizing the entire internet comes with legal baggage.

TechCrunch on the complaint

#AI #Google #EU

4. FAA: Please Re-check Your Landing Gear

Improper maintenance work triggers new FAA directives. If you’re a nervous flyer, skip this one. Or maybe skip flying altogether this month.

Details via Aviation Week

#FAA #USA #SafetyFirst

5. IATA’s Not Happy Either

The airline group’s latest note says: Airlines drive $4.7T in economic activity—and we’re tired of being the industry’s punching bag.

See the IATA statement

#IATA #GlobalEconomy #AirlinePolicy

6. Today’s Quirk: Dodging Mushrooms at 30,000 Feet

Erin Patterson, the Aussie at the center of a murder-by-mushroom scandal, once worked in aviation. The industry just keeps dodging bullets—and fungi.

The wild backstory

#Australia #WeirdButTrue #MushroomGate


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