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You are incorrect in that the postings and registrations of the pilots on flytenow are always 100% free, no fees whatsoever, only the passenger, when the flight sharing has occurred, pays a fee to Flytenow of $20.00 for the service.

The FAA 's mandate was never to do PP favors, as taxpayers citizens we give authority and funds to the FAA to regulate flying so it is safe. Period! Any citizen thinking a bunch of "public servants" working for a branch of government will do favors to the general public, have a screw loose...

From Flytenow blog: Conversely, the FAA argues that whether or not a commercial enterprise exists is “wholly inapplicable” because expense-sharing, as an exception to compensation, is itself compensation.[3] The FAA holds this position despite the fact that the preamble to the Expense-Sharing...

I see a lot of comments about the private pilot, on Flytenow, the users can review the pilot certificate and number of flight hours, there are a lot of private pilots registered on Flytenow with lots of experience both military and civilian with ATP, commercial, and instructor certificates and...

Government in bed with big corporations= Fascism The FAA is trying to protect the airlines who are afraid they will loose some passengers to flight sharing. Just as simple as that! The restriction by the FAA on flight sharing was never about safety by their own admission, it is all about...

It seems the Europeans got it right! European Aviation Safety Agency: Air Operations Regulation was amended in 2014 to include some exceptions of its own, similar to some of the exceptions in the ANO. Two of these EASA exceptions go further than the ANO: • the EASA exception allowing cost...

The FAA actually argued in a different court case that a "chief counsel opinion letter" is in fact a "final agency order". This is probably why Flytenow is appealing a final agency order referring to the Chief counsel opinion letter.

It is a settled facts the the FAA allows flight sharing under certain rules. Pilots posting their intended flights on Flytenow platform must meets those conditions. (common purpose and expense sharing). The FAA allows the pilots to communicate their intended flights on bulletin boards in...

Flytenow blog: http://blog.flytenow.com/flytenow-v-faa-entering-final-phase

Yes Really The FAA mandate is flight safety, please explain what difference does it make as far as safety is concerned if passengers compensate the pilot or not! On one hand, the FFA deems a free flight safe and on the other a paid flight forbidden in general aviation ??? If I understand...

The FAA allows ride sharing without any compensation but forbid flight sharing when compensation is present. That means we are not talking about safety here, we are talking "money" and the FAA is acting as a lobby for the commercial operators who are scared that general aviation might take a...

Flytenow answer the FAA convoluted ruling: http://blog.flytenow.com Must read ! excellent !