On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:43:59 GMT, "cruise" wrote:

Hello there. Why does FS2002 give AA the call sign "Merican", and why does
the paintwork and tailplane design only cvlosely resemble rather than
replicate the AA paint scheme? Copyright problems?


Just a guess. A couple years back there was a lot of controversy
about FS aircraft makers using real logo's on aircraft without
permission. A certain someone actually got American to ban the use of
their logo on FS aircraft. That same person also tried to get all
other commercial airlines to do that same thing. His idea, as I
understand it, was that you would have to get permission through him
to use the logo's. I'm not sure what happened to him or his plans,
but the only airline that I know of who went along with him was
American.

Maybe some of the other old timers out there can provide more detail -
it was a pretty hot topic at the time.

Jim Bosworth CEO
BozAir.com