It's an interesting link, and very interesting that these regulations are being litigated after decades of acceptance.<p>The big picture is that the FAA doesn't want the public to confuse the safety record of an airline with somebody flying a puddle-jumper (daily crashes in USA). The flying public just expects to get there without doing a risk evaluation, and puddle-jumpers are far riskier than airlines.<p>When you rideshare with Uber, there is a question of insurance.<p>When you rideshare a single-engine piston plane, there is a question of your life.
This sucks.<p>However, in a few places like Alaska, I think the anti-government sentiment is strong enough that they really don't care what the FAA says. Good luck regulating fur trappers near the Arctic and helpful neighbors with planes.
This is fascinating - it's like Pornography and erotica. I can tell the difference between a ride share and an airline when I see it, but writing it down ... No.<p>I mean, if Uber drivers were forced to state where they were travelling from and to at a certain time, and only if users entered that route was the ride share matched, their model would collapse (ie I see pornography)<p>But do that for aircraft, and ... It's totally indistinguishable from an airline schedule.<p>But yeah. It's not a rideshare, you are floating the rules, get wrists slapped.