I don't think this has been mentioned, but I think kudos are due to Jetphotos.net. I uploaded two different shots to Jetphotos.net and Airliners.net shortly after arriving home last night; based on the individual sites' rules I didn't think the A380 NYC visit merited being a "hot" item (despite my own personal views on the matter), and didn't mark the photos as hot on either site. This morning, I had an e-mail from Jetphotos, unfortunately a rejection for "contrast". I was first surprised that the photo was screened as priority even though I hadn't marked it as such, but obviously disappointed in the rejection. I then re-uploaded another image, the same one I submitted to Airliners, feeling sure this time it wouldn't be a hot item since quite a few others had their shots accepted by that time. A few hours later I checked back - and lo and behold, they made another pass through the upload queue and accepted my shot. I am impressed.

I'm normally an Airliners.net kind of guy, but situations like this infuriate me. All of our JFK A380 shots will sit in the A.net queue for the next two weeks while the rest of the world quietly forgets about the event. This costs both us and the site hits, in a big way. Meanwhile, Jetphotos reaps the rewards. I'm thinking more and more my loyalties are misplaced.