Hello,
I want to be upfront in acknowledging that I am a big Yak-42 fan and I have a soft-spot for the Aircraft. So having gotten that issue out of the way, I also want to congratulate the A/S crew for the successful launch of a new GUI as demonstrated and tested in the new/ongoing Quimby game World. I like to believe players are enjoying themselves tremendously with the unrestricted aircraft choices and new found freedom. On another issue however I will have to berate the A/S implementation crew ( :P) for the way Yak-42 had been handled and implemented severally in the game and will like to appeal to the crew to reconsider and make necessary adjustments in future games so as to further improve on its twin objectives of realism and fairness.
First, in the Seat configuration module/section, Yak-42 is visually and structurally represented as an Aircraft with a 2+2 seating arrangement - nothing could be further from the truth! With a fuselage diameter of 3.8m, Yak-42 has a bonafide 3+3 cabin and indeed has a cabin width that is equal or even wider than most mainline medium-sized jets. Cabin width in Yak-42D is the same as Tu-204, Tu-154 and is very slightly wider than Boeing 737, 727 and 757! The only mid-sized jet that has a slightly wider cabin is the A320 family. I will appreciate it if the A/S team would look at this oversight and correct it in the nearest future.
Secondly, I will like to appeal to the A/S team to take a closer look at the “Likeability Rating” that has been awarded to the Yak-42 - I believe that the Yak has been unfairly targeted and downgraded. My premise for this assumption is simple and straightforward - the Yak-42 is truly an Aircraft that begun its production run in the early 80s (1980 to be precise). In truth the YAK-42 is a contemporary of the venerable MD-80 series which enjoyed much greater success. It is worth noting however that while the YAK-42 might not have enjoyed as much of a success as the MD-80, it has in many regards shown itself to be just as resilient and very much up to the demands of modern commercial aviation. Singularly, YAK-42 remains the only Soviet era jet aircraft still in wide commercial use and which has no sanctions, ban or penalty against it worldwide. Yak-42 is fully Stage 3/Chapter 3 compliant and has no need for a hushkit (MD-80 is barely so!). The Yak was also the first Soviet Aircraft to be certified for flight using a two-man crew. Yak-42D’s interior appointment is often disappointing (truthfully) but that is really up to the airline or end-user and cannot be attributed to the Aircraft.
Comparing the “Likeability Rating” of other contemporary planes or even older ones reveals just how unfairly the Yak has been rated! For instance, the Boeing 737-200 (which is much older) gets (-3) or 3 red bars however once it is hushkitted, it gets promoted to (-2) or 2 red bars. The Yak-42D is much quieter with modern turbofans and only gets (-3) or 3 red bars! The Fokker F28 for instance, is much older and much more noisy but it still manages to attain 1 green bar. The venerable DC-9 is much older (the Yak-42 is a contemporary of the newer Md-80) and yet still manages 2 red bars! The Tu-154M is awarded 2 red bars (even though it can no longer fly in European air space!). The Tu-134 has 3 red bars (…and understandably so with the noise and age). Yak-42 has only ever had 9 hull losses - why has it been so vilified and demonized? It would be nice and a breath of fresh air if A/S would upgrade the YAK and accord it a minimum of 2 red bars.
PS: I cannot help but to note that the other trijet - the Boeing 727 is equally afflicted with the (-3) or 3 red bar syndrome! Do you guys have anything against trijets?? 
:P