I'm not sure I interpret the article or the parent comment as saying American Airlines isn't allowed to do this. They're just making life harder for their emplo

I'm not sure I interpret the article or the parent comment as saying American Airlines isn't allowed to do this. They're just making life harder for their employees and dont seem to be addressing the problem they're working around. It's just a little whistleblowing that they're a shitty employer. I think what the parent comment is trying to say is that their description of their approach here as "sophisticated bot detection" is a little bit like someone calling me a hacker because I have my terminal open during the flight. There is an intentional use of words here trying to make the app developer sound like the bad guy.