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[Airboss777]

A couple of new game worlds have opened up but before they even start, people are asking for co-managers of their airlines.

 

Working as a team is nothing new & there's nothing wrong with it from a strategic point of view. You increase the man power, take advantage of different time zones, & your airline will literally never sleep & potentially rule the world.

 

But I also see a lot of offers from people just giving their newly-created airlines away, for you to run "any way you want". Personally, I smell a scam.

 

Anyone contemplating taking on or co-running someone else's airline should ask themselves one little question: How do you get those little trophies?

 

Because after all your hard work, whether you're co-working with an active airline originator, or being left to run the airline yourself, & then getting that airline up into the top 10, the top 3, or even number 1 by the end of the game, guess who gets the trophy? 

 

Not you.

 

It's the guy who might have done absolutely nothing except start the airline & then graciously give it away. Now he's got an extra trophy next to his name & looks even more pro, more successful, & more formidable to anyone competing against him in ANY game world presently or in the future.

 

You might gain some experience, & I accept that some people may be sincere in wanting help to build an awesome airline (refer 2nd paragraph), but I also think there's some serious trophy-farming going on. I think this is particularly true if you're being offered an airline that has barely begun.

 

If you start an airline & find you don't  have the time for it, just kill it & get out of the way.

 

If a game world is half-way through, & an airline is offered that has billions of dollars, hundreds of planes & you have nothing else to do, sure, grab it & have some fun. Been there, done that.

 

But if game worlds are still in pre-start pause & someone is giving away their airlines ; smell the rat, & just start your own. I promise you it will be a lot more satisfying.

[LockheedTristar]

There should be an "assist-trophy", in my opinion. It will be white compared to the gold, silver and bronze trophies, and you get it for assisting in a top-10 airline.

[Hillary Clinton]

I think that co-managers actually have both good and bad side effects. I agreed with Lockheed that there should be an assist trophy. In my case, I open up airlines in servers that are starting and give it out because of other airline controls. It's not right for the owner to not get involve at all; there's a reason why the allow shared controls to have access to Bankruptcy Button.