I agree with the comments in this thread about how the FAA is a right to enforce strict regulation in this market, and that Uber did indeed shift risk to operat

I agree with the comments in this thread about how the FAA is a right to enforce strict regulation in this market, and that Uber did indeed shift risk to operators, and that this would be incredibly unwise to do for air travel. IMHO, I think we need more major airports. Right now it seems we're bounded by lack of access, here. Perhaps any disruption in this market needs to be done at local governments in how they determine land use for airports. I imagine it would be a special kind of torture to have to drive from, say, Anaheim or other parts of LA East of downtown, to LAX to catch a flight after a meeting. Don't know the total history of LA, but why isn't there a second major airport out that way ala JFK-LGA-EWR in New York? A quick google search found this[1] document about en route flight operations and how flights travel across the country. Perhaps there's some work to be done in terms of developing some kind of fantasy air flight simulation game, aimed at optimizing how we move people around the country - if anything, just for fun. After reading through some of this, I'm even more convinced that "Uber for air travel" is not a wise idea considering how complicated all of this is and the safety risk involved. One can wonder, is Atlanta such a major hub simply because they have so much land or is that really an optimal connection airport for so many major routes? [1] http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/media/Chapter_2.pdf http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/av... Here's the page with the whole document: http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/ http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/av... Edit: Grammar