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21 June 2014

Official UnitedSkies Statement

Recently a productive member of the Airline Empires Community, FoxTrident, was removed from aaaalliance due to "inactivity". We feel that the method through which this removal was conducted was abhorrent, undemocratic and not a real representation of the alliance's views. If appropriate actions had been taken to ensure the removal was fair, including a warning and alliance wide discussion and vote, we would have less of an issue, however it is unacceptable for a harmless member to be treated unfairly by an alliance, and UnitedSkies officially condemns aaa for doing so.

We also have concerns over the lack of equality in treatment, whereby other members of aaa who had been inactive beyond the cutoff point were not also removed or reprimanded for violating the same terms. It was claimed that FoxTrident was to be 'made an example of', but this simply means 'We are going to unfairly pick someone', and in such a case it would generally be expected to pick someone that may be disliked for other reasons as well, which raises concerns over the selection process.

Furthermore we feel this incident identified severe internal communication issues with aaaalliance, as clearly no-one was willing to converse with FoxTrident about the issues at hand, and no warning was provided within a relevant time frame to the incident. This lack of interest in even attempting to fix the problem leaves aaa's motives for this action even more questionable.

When decisions are taken without the input of the alliance, the alliance will often suffer as a result. aaa simply using their now tested powers to remove even more members they merely dislike is a serious potential issue and displays reckless disregard for established democratic processes, and leads to separation of the leadership and alliance and a resultant drop in interest and participation from members, as well as a rise in dissatisfaction over members' lack of a voice.

We hope that aaa will reconsider their policy and attempt to include all of its members in future discussions and decisions, and attempt to communicate with members they may have issues with rather than simply kicking them and hoping they go away.

saverjet gets rid of russian planes with a big crusher that you can pay to have a go on

I dislike this, given I gather many legitimate airlines could be cut short by it. [United, on a quick google, has over 15, including regional affiliates but excluding alliance members.]

Indeed, even from memory smaller airlines like Air New Zealand have far more than five. In fact, NZ102 to Sydney from Auckland has 6 codeshare partners alone.

Then printscreen dawc because dawc is bad for viewing

At current the largest hinderance to the planes with less than 19Y is methinks gate costs, gate costs above 100k/month are fairly likely to turn a potentially profitable bonanza service into an unprofitable one.

QF no longer booking paxes onto SAA will no doubt see most of them book with SAA direct, and those stuck with EK will no doubt be cursing the extra 10 hours.

In other news ausbt claims that Jetstar has commenced flights from Melbourne to Auckland on the 787, making this the second 787 scheduled service to Auckland, unless I forgot something. Wonder how long before JQ's AKLSIN is either cancelled or moved to a 787, as it was originally touted as one of the original 787 routes.

UA's IAH-AKL seems to have died out.

Interesting, a fair drop for Thai, especially considering Qantas has remained strong to Thailand.

Wonder if this data could be better displayed in a dawc.

I would consider visiting DPRK by choice, and I would visit DRC just to have a look around.

Methinks most metro is either light rail or heavy rail. 'metro' is such a widely used term with so many meanings it seems difficult to justify its inclusion.

You've missed out walking and cycling.

Air Koryo [1* airline] has a similar seating density to many 4* airlines.

Nothing better than a broken 737 being stuck on an island with minimal infrastructure for fixing planes

[not that I know much about Honiara]

Where's SQ, CX, TG, TZ, etc.

AE caters to many different airline types and playing styles.

Many basic formulas work for creating airlines, even if one must be creative in how they are applied to the AE system.

Essentially what I'm saying is that one can operate all of 737spam LCCs, regional airlines and legacy carriers with some success, and I think it's imperative we avoid being left with only 737spam LCCs after AE4, for example.

Also small parts of the community.

So a 45 yr old DC-9 could have brand new engines meaning factory-fresh performance.

Factory fresh still being 45 years out of date...

I see no reason how a world designated as a spamming world would discourage spamlines in other worlds.

At worst, it could even leave the ones in other worlds to become even worse due to less need to spend time adjusting prices.

As I was reading this, I thought, my oh my, doesn't this sound familiar?

Dear Elijah101,

 

 

Thank you for applying to aaaalliance. Your application is appreciated, however, as aaa is community focused alliance, we would like to see community involvement from members.

 

Therefore, we cannot accept this application at this time, however if you were to become more active in the forums and chat, feel free to apply again at a later time.

 

Thank you again,

nxwm2001

aaaalliance member

While your application is appreciated, we, as a community focused alliance, would like to see community involvement from members.

 

Therefore, I cannot accept this application, however if you were to become more active in the forums and chat, feel free to apply again later.

 

Thank you for applying, however.

( http://www.airline-e...ic-application/ )

I have bolded all duplicate phrases in the above two quotes.

By my calculations, approximately 90% of what I said reappeared in your response.

What a funny coincidence.
 

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Was that really necessary.

Especially considering you posted 2 minutes prior.

Yours is very nice indeed. Perhaps not thanks to you but it's well organized, on topic and active. However I see no point in coming here advertising that fact. Please try and stay on topic about Scandinavian news. Thank you.

I object to the implication it is in any way his.

Sounds like a great idea

"Qantas has started 2014 facing even tougher times as the second of the world's leading credit rating agencies downgraded the beleaguered airline to 'junk status'."

hahahahahahah

granted, why anyone would invest in airlines, ever, for any reason other than ego, is beyond me.

NZ Herald is also indicating an Air NZ A320 leaving Melbourne declared a mayday before returning to Melbourne, fuel leak/engine troubles.

Congratulations to TN, I assume NZ has not dropped their existing 2x weekly frequencies?

As for the skycouch, I wonder if more airlines will adopt it in future years.

Old news, but this is a nice image showing the location of Auckland's planned third runway.

Expected around 2070.

Interesting regarding the victorian government and Avalon. What did they both want? Did JQ want MEL slots or what?