The Professor’s Minute Minute — November 6, 2025

 

Mystery flights, AI hype, fraud déjà vu, influencer realities, a “new normal,” and loyalty shock. (And today would have been my Mum's 115th Birthday!

What Was That About?

A mysterious Russian cargo aircraft flew into Caracas and then made a stop in Cuba. The internet has theories — none of them boring.

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/11/05/mysterious-russian-cargo-plane-that-land-in-caracus-makes-visit-to-cuba/

Agentic AI + Travel

An upcoming session explores what Agentic AI really means for travel executives. Worth your ears — and possibly your strategy deck.

https://events.ringcentral.com/events/agentic-ai-and-the-future-of-travel-what-executives-need-to-know/registration

FBI Indicts Investor Over 737 MAX Fraud

An investor has been charged for fraudulently purchasing a Boeing 737 MAX. For the record, this smelled wrong in 2022.

https://onemileatatime.com/news/fbi-indicts-investor-fraudulently-buying-boeing-737-max/

So… I’m an Influencer

How do LinkedIn “voices” actually engage? A look at the mechanics behind influence — and the reality behind the glossy label.

https://traveltechessentialist.substack.com/i/177843721/how-do-these-voices-engage-on-linkedin

Is This the New Normal?

Aviation’s latest model might be “IPO first, strategy later.” If this is the playbook, the future feels more Shark Tank than airline boardroom.

https://mailchi.mp/theaircurrent/beta-clark-ipo-interview-non-sub?e=188028c67b

Quirky: Easiest No More

Aegean’s Miles+Bonus — once the easiest elite status in Europe — just got harder. The mileage bargain era is officially closing.

https://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonus/what-is-changing/

A Picasso Blue Period–style cubist landscape (1200×628) with cool blues and muted tones. Symbolic elements: a shadowy cargo plane shape crossing abstract map fragments; angular AI and circuitry motifs connecting to a travel symbol; a fractured aircraft tail or legal gavel form to hint at the 737 MAX fraud; a stylised “spotlight” on a human silhouette for influencer culture; a tilted balance or unstable platform suggesting the “new normal” IPO feeling; and a shrinking loyalty ladder or fading stars for the Aegean status change. No text anywhere and at most two subtle brand colour hints integrated into the art.

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