No one';s blaming any one. Just need to make sure the facts about Global in the thread are correct.
Don't know who could have passed on that miss-information to you, but I would like to share this bit about active VA's:
There will be those that join, and never fly. They may have intended to, but for one reason or another, they never do. There will be those that join and only fly a few times. Sometimes they come back after much time gone. There will be those that fly all the time, regularly. There will be those that quit because one reason or another, like maybe we couldn't add their favorite plane or route, or they didn't like someone, a personality clash.
There will indeed be quiet times and very active times.
The best we can do as a VA is be open to all. To be available when someone might like to use us.
VA's give a purpose to simulation. A reason to fly. Our job is to be available to people on their schedules, to provide some purpose for the flight someone is doing, and to keep a record of that flight for them.
We try to accommodate pilots and their requests. I often will add airports local to a pilot if they seem to be active often in the airline, as a bit of a thank you. If we can add them as routes to our schedules, I do that. If not, then the airport would be available as a charter airport in the vein of Global's charter rules.
At any rate, any and all of it is always in a good amount of fluctuation from time to time
--Ray
Ray St. Marie