FAA Issues Emergency Order of Revocation Against TapJets
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#2I am completely against any "disruption" in the airline industry via safety arbitrage.
Re: FAA Issues Emergency Order of Revocation Against TapJets
#3I am completely against any "disruption" in the airline industry via safety arbitrage.
Help a layperson. Do you mean a company that competes by cutting corners with safety?
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#4Founders being idiots. We all have a duty to call this abhorrent behavior out, and say that not only is it NOT ok from a consumer standpoint, but also that any business that uses such tactics to get ahead deserves to fail.
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#5According to TapJets' response, these were unpaid test flights undertaken for friends and family during development of the app to test it. And it's a side of their business they don't engage in anymore, acting more as an Uber/Airbnb matching agent:
https://www.tapjets.com/Home/Article/tapjets-answers-recent-...
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#7Founders being idiots. We all have a duty to call this abhorrent behavior out, and say that not only is it NOT ok from a consumer standpoint, but also that any business that uses such tactics to get ahead deserves to fail.
The FAA is against any disruption to the commercial airline business. This does not necessarily mean what was done here was in any way unsafe.
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#8According to TapJets' response, these were unpaid test flights undertaken for friends and family during development of the app to test it. And it's a side of their business they don't engage in anymore, acting more as an Uber/Airbnb matching agent: https://www.tapjets.com/Home/Article/tapjets-answers-recent-...
I would take that news release with a grain of salt considering within the first two sentences there are glaringly obvious grammatical mistakes.
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#9According to TapJets' response, these were unpaid test flights undertaken for friends and family during development of the app to test it. And it's a side of their business they don't engage in anymore, acting more as an Uber/Airbnb matching agent: https://www.tapjets.com/Home/Article/tapjets-answers-recent-...
I would take that news release with a grain of salt considering within the first two sentences there are glaringly obvious grammatical mistakes.
Oh I know. I noticed and thought the same. Just thought it would be helpful to have the company's response for context. When I read the FAA release, it sounded like they were forcing TapJets to shut down, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
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#10Founders being idiots. We all have a duty to call this abhorrent behavior out, and say that not only is it NOT ok from a consumer standpoint, but also that any business that uses such tactics to get ahead deserves to fail.
The FAA is against any disruption to the commercial airline business. This does not necessarily mean what was done here was in any way unsafe.
Did you read the press release?