There is no logical solution for the "air drop" being anything other than a scam or better said a laundering mechanism for the premine. This is amplified by the fact the AUR Devs have categorically refused to even consider moving the premine to a trusted third party escrow and removing themselves from the air drop. There is one reason they won't.
Add in the fact there is no plan in place to perform a logistics miracle and notify 330,000 Icelandic residents, educate them on what crypto is and disburse the coins in an accurate manner. in less than 11 days...
The airdrop concept is a very logically constructed method of distribution. Whether or not this would be a scam is not a factor in this. The way it is executed could lead one to believe it creates an indication that something may not be quite right (read: scam), but the idea itself nowhere near necessarilly constitutes it.
How would you see this happen, in order for it to be something trustworthy in your view? What would you consider a trusted third party escrow?