The Professor’s Minute Minute — November 3, 2025

Travel paperwork, legal twists, airline pride, and a little espionage shopping…

Time to Check?

The world’s most and least powerful passports are out again — and the rankings may surprise you. Time to see if your passport opens doors or slams them shut.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/10/16/the-worlds-most-and-least-powerful-passports

It’s That Time of Year

IATA has issued its latest revision cycle — yes, it’s manual update season again. Check your ops and training manuals (and brace for the groans).

https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-10-27-01/

IPO for WestJet?

WestJet’s owner Onex is exploring an IPO. Could Canada’s “other national carrier” soon be publicly traded?

https://www.travelweek.ca/news/airlines/onex-partners-eyes-ipo-for-westjet/

Only Airline Staff Will Feel This One

A Canadian court ruling highlights just how messy airline employee travel perks can get. If you know, you know.

https://www.canlii.org/fr/qc/qcca/doc/2025/2025qcca1344/2025qcca1344.html

They Deserve It

US airlines are providing free meals to air-traffic controllers. A small thank-you to the people who keep the skies safe.

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/10/31/us-airlines-providing-free-meals-to-controllers/

Quirky: Psst… Interested in Russian War Gear?

There’s an online marketplace for Russian military “souvenirs”. Just in case you wanted a tank periscope with your carry-on.

https://www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russia/2025/10/31/online-auction-site-reibert-provides-marketplace-for-russian-war-trophies%2C110542800-art

A Picasso Blue Period–style cubist landscape (1200×628) in cool blues and muted tones. A clean, symbolic composition: stylised passports overlapping as geometric shapes; a stack of procedural manuals reshaping into angular forms; a rising aircraft silhouette implying an IPO climb; a faint employee-only boarding pass tucked into shapes; a radar-like tower or control motif glowing subtly (controllers); and a discreet, shadowy corner suggesting a secretive “market stall” of military items. No logos, no readable text, and at most two subtle brand colour hints fully integrated into the art.

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