The 2011 Skytrax awards voted Skyteam as the World's Worst Airline Alliance (actually, 3rd out of 3, with *A being the best):

http://www.worldairlineawards.com/Aw...liance2011.htm

World's Best Airline Alliance

1 Star Alliance

2 Oneworld Alliance

3 SkyTeam

Not surprising, and certainly cements Skyteam's reputation as the collector of *A/OW rejects. There are some good ST carriers like KAL and China Southern, but the reputation seems to be largely deserved.