I live in the US and picked it up as soon as I found out JustFlight had it available. I have dealt with JF before regarding FSX add-ons and there is no reason not to get it from them. I dont know why the US market is waiting for the US release date other than ignorance to the fact that they can have it now. Or, on the very ugly side of things, no one wants to buy this game given all the bad press on these forums and the mediocre reviews/previews that are floating around.

I play online only and am happy with my purchase for the most part, save for maybe the disappointment with the amount of flyable aircraft.