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Old May 14, 2006 | 4:48 pm
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Traveloguy
 
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Originally Posted by WearyBizTrvlr
Actually, I seem to recall that SQ held out for as long as possible before doing a plane in *A colors, and that not painting the tailfin with the *A logo is in fact a breach of the *A rules. Can't say I blame them for trying to hold out...
It is also the reason that SQ don't participate in certain *A activities etc. Remember how the status match the year before last did not include SQ?

Sometimes I think SQ are part of *A simple because they feel they have to belong to an alliance rather than because they want to be. In may respects, they are a bit like the UK within the EU. Part of it but at the same time not wanting to be really part of it.
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