The Illuminati Version of LinkedIn and why you can’t get in

This article seems fishy as fuck.

First, the author:

1. The author has no other articles attributed to them on Medium.

2. I would think a 'Freelance Journalist' who can live in 'Paris, France' might have some level of social networking buzz or name recognition across other networks, but I couldn't find them on any major social networks.

Then, the actual site:

Forget all of the bullshit you see on the page and go straight to the dev tools.

The Typeform URL is: https://vegasjets.typeform.com/to/ZdIJg1?typeform-embed=embe...

I thought "vegasjets" was interesting given that the author mentions Las Vegas and private jets in the article multiple times (which seems oddly specific given the gravitas they place earlier on exposing this exclusive underground app).

Let's also recognize the user who submitted this link:

vegasjets

A LinkedIn search returns "Vegas Jets, Computer Software, 1-10 employees" with the following description, "One Tap books you a Luxury Private Jet. Instantaneous. No waiting. Price Guaranteed. Simple One Tap search, booking and payment via our app." Sure seems like what the author advertises this app to include...

Remember the sparkling reference to Berkshire Hathaway? Yep, that's some bullshit:

Visit the Vegas Jets homepage and we see below the copyright text at the bottom, "Vegas Jets does not own or operate the aircraft on which customers fly. Vegas Jets is not a direct or indirect air carrier. Currently, all Vegas Jets-arranged flights are operated by Executive Jet Management Inc. (Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate# CWQA061D), a subsidiary of Netjets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company."

Now, Executive Jet Management Inc. is legit and registered with the FAA. Vegas Jets seems to be just a middleman. In fact, there are multiple apps that do exactly this: a Google search on "CWQA061D" returns other sites exactly like this one (charterpad.com, jetrequest.com, charterbroker.aero, etc.) all with the same disclosure.

Finally, the people:

Who is the CEO of Vegas Jets? Thomas Schneider (as reported on LinkedIn). Investor in Vegas Jets as well as a very interesting 'Crowdfunded Silicon Valley Venture Fund' called KXTER (http://kxter.com/members/) which sure seems a hell of a lot like what Stratos claims to be.

tl;dr this thing is so bullshit that I regret writing this comment at all

I would bet big bux this is just a marketing story for someone's new app. It's an interesting angle to get new users.