“Given the state of the airline industry—the cost of flying is creeping up every year while the experience of flying gets worse—it’s no surprise that someone figured out how to take the ride-sharing business model from cars and adapt it to planes. Prices are far from prohibitive. Right now, the service lists a round-trip flight from Palo Alto, California to Sacramento this weekend for under $180. A comparable economy ticket from United Airlines with such short notice is over $800. Part of the reason tickets are so cheap is because the Federal Aviation Administration prohibits private pilots from accepting personal payment.”
http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/08/airpooler-could-be-the-uber-of-flying
Related posts:
Korea Announces Favorable Tax Policy for BTC
Feds no longer need a warrant to search your phone location records
Illinois governor Pat Quinn signs new ‘background checks’ law
Federal court: TSA agents can’t be sued for false arrests, abuse, or assault
Justin Bieber and “Resisting Arrest Without Violence”
GreenBank Capital makes first Bitcoin angel investment
Cop Gets Six Months For Killing Mackala Ross and Delores Epps
Trump Nuke Plan Resets the Doomsday Clock
For months, 911 callers got 'hang up and dial 911' automated message
Congressman: Insurance Cancelation Letters Are “Transition Notices.”
Stop Ray Kelly from leading Homeland Security Department
TSA inadvertently shows the dangers of master baggage keys
Rowhammer.js Is the Most Ingenious Hack I've Ever Seen
WikiLeaks: Snowden Risks Being Stuck in Russia 'Permanently'
Pittsburgh airport to host fracking sites starting this month