Guys don't believe everything you read. As always, the devil is in the detail.
OzRunways offered to support the AirVenture airshow in March as a major sponsor, when nobody else would. Everybody was offered sponsorship in a variety of forms, big & small. OzRunways is still the only sponsor (although organisers are in talks with CASA & QBE).
Later, the organisers needed more money. Other industry groups were approached, multiple times, but declined to support the airshow (and we're not talking $500 for a table). They asked us again for more money with an offer of exclusivity, which we accepted. And this is not play money - we're talking tens of thousands. Now, OzRunways is STILL THE ONLY SUPPORTER of this airshow, and I tell you - it's hanging by a thread with all this bull**** talk of guerrilla marketing to make us look bad for not inviting freeloaders.
Let me be clear: We will gladly go non-exclusive if others can step in and become sponsors -- that is, to share the financial burden of running this thing. It doesn't run on hopes & dreams; it requires dollars. Like $10,000 or $20,000 per sponsor, across multiple sponsors.
Please direct your anger at the appropriate organisation, because we're quickly losing interest at being the sole supporter of this event if there's going to be blowback at not inviting a freeloader to the party. What we want to see is EVERYBODY put in significant funds to run these airshows, EVERYBODY invited, then we can all get back to wearing ray ban aviators and high fiving each other.