Well, one measure would be comparing the number of threads and posts for *A, OW and ST, respectively

Seriously, I do not think there is anything intrinsically bad about Sky Team, but I just find it difficult to take an alliance very seriously if its core members are Air France and Alitalia.

I know you can have bad experience on any airline and my God I had my share of shoddy treatment on many members of OneWorld and *A, but there is little that can compare with consistent and reliable insolvency and industrial relations news feed generated by Alitalia and AF. Maybe things will improve when KLM is seen as their central (and hopefully standard-setting) member.

As for Aeroflot joining them ST a new member, call me unimaginative, but I do to see how this fail to cause a string of jokes and uncharitable labels. On domestic Aeroflot flights, can premium tier ST members expect to be upgraded from Regular Economy to Upper Economy (the one with actual seating?)