As the performance of the planes are so limited, picking the right airport to base at is even more important this round. For me, I have underestimated the effect of the performance of the plane, and pick a rather non-ideal starting base. But I am still satisfy.
For all those that are complaining, I guess one of the major problem that they may have is that they can't adapt to the old planes and new rules in the round. But that's the beauty of this game. There are so many variable in the game, you got a chance to due with a real people, not a dumb computer AI . If you just want to do the same things over and over again, and get the same result every time, this is not the game for you.
I guess the leasing rules is good for stopping the cheaters, as well as slowing the game down as well. So late comer can still have a chance to fight up the ranking.
At the moment I am enjoying my second round a lot, and hoping to see a great round to be unfolded.