# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on the FAA's ruling against AirPooler and Flytenow

1 Faculty News August 15, 2014>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-15/flight-share-deemed-illegal-by-faa-in-blow-to-airpooler.html) -- "'There’s often an issue that regulators don’t completely understand' the sharing-services industry, said [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor of information, operations and management sciences at New York University. 'It’s particularly interesting in the area of aviation regulation as it is by far the most regulated transport industry, so it’s going to be a tough transition.'"

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