What the study shows is that logging the battery life every 1 minute prevents the laptop from staying in a low power state for long periods of time. This is like flipping your house lights on and off every 1 minute for a whole year and wondering why your power bill is rising through the roof.

As truly interesting as your story is, it appears you're conclusion is derived by directly mapping personal experience to what happened on the Airbus. While tempting, it's probably flawed. Kudos for quick thinking though.

I myself have went through the same transition with the same conclusions and wholeheartedly agree with what you said. My hope is that at least one person gets the message, because I can guarantee their life will be for the better.