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> "Uber for planes" would be highly illegal, and everyone involved would get arrested. Are you referring to the recent movie "I.T." https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by vorg 10y ago
> "Uber for planes" would be highly illegal, and everyone involved would get arrested.
Are you referring to the recent movie "I.T." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.T._(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.T._(film) where Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a airline company CEO who roles out an app that does for planes what Uber does for cars? He gets wrongfully arrested in the movie, but not for his "Uber for planes", but for something else. The roles in that film didn't square with reality. Brosnan portrayed an ethical family man and company director ignorant about IT, whereas in real life he'd be fiddling his company books, cheating on his wife, and using his business's IT infrastructure to illegally monitor his employees. The antagonist could talk to girls and run a sophisticated surveillance system, but couldn't shrug off a snub by Brosnan's character. None of it was believable. I wouldn't use anything in that film as a reference to real life.
- detaro 10y agoProbably to the real-life rules for non-commercial pilots, that strictly forbid to transport passengers for profit. They can only fairly share the operating costs, meaning if there are 3 "passengers" the pilot has to pay 25% of the cost and can not be paid any compensation for being the pilot, so you always lose money on it (in the US, but I assume rules are similar in many parts of the world).