How to set an alias on a Model::query() object?

Hi,

I would like to be able to set an alias on a Model::query() object. How can I do it? Please see the example below:

static::query()
    ->innerJoin('\Models\ModelName2', '\Models\ModelName1.id=model2.id', 'model2')
    ->execute();

I can only set the alias for the joined model and I'm unable to set one to the current model. When using namespaces queries like these become harder to read/write because of the long model names.

It would be nice to be able to do something like:

static::query()
    ->alias('model1')
    ->innerJoin('\Models\ModelName2', '\Models\ModelName1.id=model2.id', 'model2')
    ->execute();

What do you think of this approach? Meanwhile I'll be using QueryBuilder to achieve the same results.