Why is airlinesim losing players

What especially do you mean?

A better airport sorting tool would be greatly appreciated.  Having to search airports by province/state and open umteen windows gets tedious.  Having a way to search and sort airports by country (even in a long list) would be preferable. 

I have been avoiding the forums the last couple of months as at times the comments more reflects that of a YouTube channel than those of people which one might think have a certain level of skill if they want to play this game. Make no mistake, I am a born redhead and have a temper. I'm in no way a "fanboy" as I've had my issues with SK and the AS team's communication policy which at times can be really unclear and drive one to press the deactivate button.

What I don't except is that a certain poster here (in English one would call this person a Negative Nancy) always uses the same accusations of cheating, mambo jumbo or voodoo spells in order to explain our massive presences on some worlds. I didn't cheat by giving my original AS$ to the goose who laid the golden eggs and out came pure gold that overnight got me several big companies on Pearls. Unlike others I decided against having a dog, wife, girlfriend, children or mother-in-law who not only ruin my salary but also ask of me my free time. Free time, spare time, a good iPad, wifi and a good strategy and hours of investment into this game is what made it work, despite flying as normal office worker well over 60 flights last year  for the company. No dear Poster, dedication is what makes the difference. No one can blame the AS team for false advertising. In fact, what the two of them managed to do is actually remarkable if you think that there is no World of Warcraft team backing them up. And unlike Harry Potter they don't have a magic wand to fix the cheating of others overnight. 
 
Next time you once again feel the need to post something from page three of your local tabloid as a valuable contribution to this game, rather take the time to read and practice what so many of the posters here have made the effort with. Unlike me, they probably will go to heaven purely for their continuous efforts here to guide and educate. Your entitlement issues is rather distracting and lead newbies on the wrong path to success. Even when the old wiki wasn't always perfect, posters like Rubio or Sobleair have given endless valuable tips in multiple forum topics. I stated my airline with new aircraft on every world I have played, and even where I bought old ones months later, I released them again when no longer needed. So I take offence with your continuous accusations that we are all members of some Mafia clan. I doubt that any of the other 150 odd players I play against on Pearls have cheated their way to success even when alliances clash like ally cats over fresh tuna. I will step down from my soapbox and exit the forum again. Thanks to the AS team for their efforts big or small, and to those of you who take the time to make a positive difference. Happy New Year and safe landings. 

Well, I am out of here in three days when I have no credits left. I have been here, with another nick, for around 4+years.

I can only agree with what is being said. The AS team deliberately leaves it open to exploit new game servers, by doing nothing. The excuse of “just wait a day/a week/a month/ a year” is just ridiculous to me. And that is just one thing. I have in the forum pointed out other things that to me, at least, are obviously wrong. All things combined, I just don’t find it worthy supporting AS anymore.

It is a pity as I have also enjoyed the game. I like the part of building up a new airline. But I will focus on the bright side. I will get so much extra time now, I have no clue what to do with it.

I have been avoiding the forums the last couple of months as at times the comments more reflects that of a YouTube channel than those of people which one might think have a certain level of skill if they want to play this game. Make no mistake, I am a born redhead and have a temper. I'm in no way a "fanboy" as I've had my issues with SK and the AS team's communication policy which at times can be really unclear and drive one to press the deactivate button.

What I don't except is that a certain poster here (in English one would call this person a Negative Nancy) always uses the same accusations of cheating, mambo jumbo or voodoo spells in order to explain our massive presences on some worlds. I didn't cheat by giving my original AS$ to the goose who laid the golden eggs and out came pure gold that overnight got me several big companies on Pearls. Unlike others I decided against having a dog, wife, girlfriend, children or mother-in-law who not only ruin my salary but also ask of me my free time. Free time, spare time, a good iPad, wifi and a good strategy and hours of investment into this game is what made it work, despite flying as normal office worker well over 60 flights last year  for the company. No dear Poster, dedication is what makes the difference. No one can blame the AS team for false advertising. In fact, what the two of them managed to do is actually remarkable if you think that there is no World of Warcraft team backing them up. And unlike Harry Potter they don't have a magic wand to fix the cheating of others overnight. 
 
Next time you once again feel the need to post something from page three of your local tabloid as a valuable contribution to this game, rather take the time to read and practice what so many of the posters here have made the effort with. Unlike me, they probably will go to heaven purely for their continuous efforts here to guide and educate. Your entitlement issues is rather distracting and lead newbies on the wrong path to success. Even when the old wiki wasn't always perfect, posters like Rubio or Sobleair have given endless valuable tips in multiple forum topics. I stated my airline with new aircraft on every world I have played, and even where I bought old ones months later, I released them again when no longer needed. So I take offence with your continuous accusations that we are all members of some Mafia clan. I doubt that any of the other 150 odd players I play against on Pearls have cheated their way to success even when alliances clash like ally cats over fresh tuna. I will step down from my soapbox and exit the forum again. Thanks to the AS team for their efforts big or small, and to those of you who take the time to make a positive difference. Happy New Year and safe landings. 

Hear hear! As a great partner of mine, I have to say Yankeeoscarza is a wonderful player!

We followed each other's progress as we battled individually for DME and SVO/VKO against at least 10 challengers when the server started. Now that we are large, we must defend ourselves from new entrants that can nibble away at our profits or really pesky ones that will not go away (*cough* Connect Russia *cough*)

Some people cannot accept that sometimes everybody loses. For example, I lost in Pakistan even though I threw over $100,000,000 at it and started flights from DME, ALA, REP, and KJA to feed the nascent airline. 

Furthermore, I have to say that when you see a non-traditional opportunity you should take it. I will admit there is probably zero chance of starting up against US Liberty and his plethora of subsidiaries in the USA, or in DME or FRA where there are no more slots...

That being said, play the game and try new things. If you lose, try, try again!

P.S. Moskva Avia on Pearls was my 3rd attempt at a new server. 3rd time's the charm.

wow... that Liberty guy is BIG! I always thought J.R. Ewing on Nicosia was the biggest airlinesim monopoly ... now I don't know who is bigger... Liberty or J.R. Ewing

How much coding time would be required to simply make it impossible to create a seat layout that has slimline HD seats in Bussiness and First class like was suggested? ( just remove or grey out the seat from the dropdown of possible seats ).

To me it seems you would save alot of time to build this rule into the game instead of trying to police/enforce it.

Exactly! There are so many idiotic things that can be solved very easily in this game. I have come up with a few suggestions myself for improvements but was met by total arrogance and ignorance from whining fan boys. I did not complain at all. I was coming with suggestions. Issues like this one is solved in minutes, by an amateur JavaScript coder.