[throwaway_exer]

The article was written by somebody who knows very little about airlines:

- an airline has to have pilots at the gate on time, guaranteed

- each airline has its own operating rules and checklists

- planes and airports have unique combinations of Cat III landings

- airline pilots are route-checked. they don't fly random routes.

- most major airlines have unions, so freelancers are not allowed.

However, he could be describing ferry pilots or Netjet pilots or some other non-scheduled route.

[JamilD]

To be fair, the author addresses some of these points at the end:

> The only two reasons this system is not widespread now are regulations and unions. I'm more than convinced had regulations allowed for such a system and had not the unions had so much power, you'd see this happening already.

…… of course, he's ignoring the fact that many of these regulations are there for very good reason.

[EdHominem]

Yes, those are the kind of regulation you can revisit, the good kind. If you can solve the issues another way you change them.

Regulations that exist for no good reason are there for the whim of someone.