What about surge pricing? Will you give me my first fare free? How often do you screw over pilots by raising your rates? Are the planes older models? This guy doesn't know where the Bermuda Triangle is, and his GPS stopped working. What should I do?
They tout their integration with Apple Pay and TouchID. Is it really wise to trust your phone with the ability to authorize transactions in the tens of thousands of dollars?
Some quick googling suggests 'AirPooler' and 'FlyteNow' have both been disrupted by the FAA, FlyBlade and Bluestar Jets and Blackjet may or may not be doing something different to stay within the bounds of the law.
Stellar says they're "the world’s first commercial operations system for Part 135 business jet operators", which means their flights have commercially licensed pilots working for regulated carriers, not private pilots illegally carrying passengers for hire, like FlyteNow's pilots were. So it sounds legal.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 36.0 ms ] threadI walk into a jeweler's with a bit of 3 year old plastic and walk out with a six figure watch.
Is it really wise to trust this bit of plastic with the ability to authorize transactions in the tens of thousands of dollars?
Why is adding my fingerprint to the transaction worse?
The fundamental problem is lack of inventory on the supply side and high costs.