I'm getting pretty frustrated dealing with this wing, but mostly with this broken and incomplete game in general. Maybe the Power Play update will provide a way for small group activity to make sense. As it stands now, wings don't make much sense, for the casual player anyway, for trading or exploration or BH. They are useful in conflict zones, but the whole concept of conflict zones is ridiculous. They are probably most useful for difficult missions, or if you can get 3 or 4 people to check out strong signal sources. Ideally, there could be large military missions involving multiple wings, but the Alliance will need to activate their Navy for that.
Anyway, I cancelled my wing request at Inara. If it looks like this wing ever becomes serious again, I'll consider joining, but the situation is just too disappointing as it stands. I've always considered myself primarily a trader, secondarily an explorer, and thirdly a peace keeper. So for a while I'll concentrate mostly on doing my own thing, and sometimes community goals. But I'm also getting pretty bored, so I'll probably cut back on my playing until Power Play is released.
I'll still be keeping my ships in Alioth and will need to return there to switch from trading to exploring and etc. I'll probably hang around the cluster most weekends, unless I'm out exploring on the far side of the galaxy. So if anyone is interested in some wing activity, I'll be available.
And thanks, Hengest, for the vote of confidence. But as I said, I'm only a part time peace keeper and have no interest in running a wing. If there's ever a real war with the Alliance, where they have a Navy game play path, I'll probably join the Navy full time.