Originally Posted By: CKN
New York Report-
Leasing assured fleets of a pre-determined income for each shift worked. Leasing
also allowed fleets to
drop employee benefits which drivers had previously
enjoyed, including health and pension benefits, employer contributions to Social
Security, scholarships, legal services, unemployment insurance and disability
insurance. (Under State law, drivers must be covered by workers compensation.)
• Accounting for both cash income and the value of these benefits, lease drivers
earned less in 1986 than did commission drivers in 1981, after adjusting for
inflation.
•
With incomes falling and then stagnant, taxi driving became a transient job filled
by an ever-changing mix of immigrants from over 80 countries.
http://www.schallerconsult.com/taxi/taxifb.pdf
To think Taxis are a "cut above" Uber is ridiculous.
One...you are citing a report from when?
Two...you have not provided any information on Uber drivers so you can't make the claim what is ridiculous or not.
Three...this report is specific to NY. Its a big country and I take taxis in several parts of the Midwest, Rockies and West Coast and they all say they are better off driving taxis an limos than driving for Uber.
Four...chill out.