Friday, October 03, 2025

The Professor’s Minute Minute — 03 October 2025

 


Six flashes to keep you on your toes.

That must be annoying… — A Qantas flight from Sydney to Johannesburg made a mid-air U-turn.

https://travelweekly.com.au/qantas-sydney-johannesburg-flight-forced-to-make-mid-air-u-turn/

Work and get no pay. Thanks Republicans. — Over 11,000 FAA employees face furloughs amid political standoff.

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/10/01/faa-to-furlough-over-11000-employees/#google_vignette

Fall out over Spirit’s challenges. — Spirit Airlines is preparing to reject certain aircraft leases amid financial strain.

https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/spirit-airlines-prepares-reject-certain-aircraft-leases

Hmmm I wonder if everyone in Dublin knows this? — A piece examines how citizens subsidize Ryanair and Aer Lingus.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/10/01/how-you-are-subsidising-ryanair-and-aer-lingus/

Is $2.5 Bil enough? — A new legal filing explores whether that sum is sufficient in a tech-litigation stake.

https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2392522

Quirky: In the mind (or mouth) of Bryan Chesky — A doc invites you into the internal rhetoric and persona of the Airbnb cofounder.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fHZEv5JjxPTvTwmCH9s4waawX_Egu9s5Qoj9DmRL9rw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.lmkpg1wsbpc5

Sources:

Hashtags: #PMM #Aviation #Travel #Airlines #Politics #FAA #Ryanair #SpiritAirlines #TechLaw #Chesky #Quirky

Image description: A stylized, semi-cubist scene: a looping jet making a U-turn, a chain of silhouettes behind an empty desk, broken airplane leases floating, Dublin’s skyline overlaid with airport tails, a stack of dollars fracturing, and a mouth speaking into a cloud. No text.


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