When I started with Uber there was a flat fee of $50 to the airport from anywhere in the city.
Rates kept being cut. On my last ride, about 1.5 years later I did an airport run. I lost money.
I base this on IRS similar expenses of 55 cents a mile.
But I kept the books. I paid attention.
You can make money. If you get bonuses that they actually pay. But they started cheating me out of them. Trying to reach a human being to rectify their mistakes was impossible. You do better if you just drive the cherry times (morning and evening commute) and live in the city rather than driving in. These things I did. And still.
Add to this serious insurance liability and the fear of being dropped for nothing with no recourse if someone made up any complaint about you and I was out.
It worked for me for a while.
99.9999999% of non-drivers for Oober et al will not understand what you’re stating.
I know due to all the research for my e-book covering ALL of the facets governing the industry and ongoing controversies. I’ve heard the most irrational explanations for support of ride-sharing from people I describe as normally-intelligent; they have no clue.
From my chair you were right to get out. A friend of mine REFUSES to tell me how much he makes (he knows I’m critical). That speaks VOLUMES, considering that he told me everything about his security business...
He has health problems; I believe he continues doing it because it’s both easy on his body and it’s cashflow, but I’m positive he’s earning less than half what he was earning as a tech after he lost his business...less than minimum wage.