$21/hour only includes time when you're on a fare, not time when you're logged in and available.

And it doesn't include the gas, maintenance and depreciation on your personal vehicle driven 30-50k miles per year to reach that amount. The IRS estimates those costs to be $0.58/mile, which would reduce the income by between $17,400 and $29,000.

Not necessarily, they're not proposing to put their drivers on salary.

That's not exactly a living wage in a lot of places like California.