No we don't allow other squad members in, period. We have too many members to allow other squads to join us and we also have particular rules to follow in and out of campaign in order to run it how we want to run it. This is not an ATAG thing, it's a squadron thing and is clear on our website here
http://www.aircombatgroup.co.uk/events.php.
When people are not members, in our experience, they are unaccountable and uncontrollable for the mission and this spoils the event for everyone else over the longer term.
DRock was asked if he'd like to join along with some others. It was a mistake by an enthusiastic member. In good time I
politely explained to him that he was welcome to anything we do anytime, but not for campaign. I explained the reasons for this clearly and I didn't tell him to leave, only that he couldn't join the Sunday missions. It appears to me that he has taken this personally, that is unfortunate given the subsequent negative turn of events that this has triggered and the untruths that are still being posted.
I should add that these campaigns have been running for about 18 months and I am certain that there are many pilots still flying COD, still in the genre, who would have left it had they not be running. There are many beginners who we have brought on and trained up who was still here because of such events. It is important for the sim, to justify the fine work of TF that we have pilots still here and involved, the sim is richer because of this.
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