The Professor’s Minute Minute — October 15, 2025

Six stories to make your day slightly more surreal.

That’s a big hit. — Québec writes off $400M of its investment in Airbus.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/quebec-writes-off-400-million-of-its-investment-in-airbus/

Fancy this job. — easyJet opens applications for its next generation of engineering apprentices.

https://www.easyjet.com/en/news/story/easyjet-opens-applications-for-next-generaton-of-engineering-apprentices

Super innovative. — Boeing, Southwest, and Aeroxchange pioneer secure electronic airworthiness certificates.

https://www.aviationbusinessnews.com/mro/latest-news-mro/boeing-southwest-and-aeroxchange-pioneer-secure-electronic-airworthiness-certificate/

Patent Trolls. — American Airlines faces new IP litigation from Intellectual Ventures.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69338895/intellectual-ventures-i-llc-v-american-airlines-inc/

New Virgin CEO. — Shai Weiss steps aside after seven years.

https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/virgin-atlantic-names-new-ceo-weiss-steps-aside-after-seven-years

Quirky: — JetBlue passenger exercises in underwear at Boston Airport, strips naked, gets dragged off by police.

https://viewfromthewing.com/jetblue-passenger-exercises-in-underwear-at-boston-airport-strips-naked-gets-dragged-off-by-state-police/

Sources:

• CTV News

• easyJet

• Aviation Business News

• Court Listener

• Aviation Week

• View from the Wing

Hashtags:

#PMM #Travel #Aviation #Airbus #easyJet #Boeing #Innovation #VirginAtlantic #IP #Quirky #JetBlue

Image description:

A Picasso-style cubist collage: a shattered investment block representing Québec’s Airbus write-off, a wrench-wielding apprentice in geometric silhouette, digital certificates floating above aircraft outlines, a shadowy legal figure as a patent troll, Virgin’s scarlet tail under new leadership, and a JetBlue passenger figure mid-chaos at an airport terminal. Painterly, surreal, angular. 

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