Absolutely love that he does that. He wants to save people. He chooses his way over Jonathan's, in that regard. But do you think he's using his real name when working those other jobs? I was thinking not, because then Lois wouldn't have had to track him as much, but am not positive. That goes back to the "permanence" thing I mentioned in my other post.
He doesn't use his real name. One of the people Lois approaches with his pictures in her investigations says "Yeah, that's Joe." So at least in one circumstance we know that he's not really using his real name.
Also, the scene where he's first in the suit and flying means he didn't fly before, right? So he literally was travelling the old fashioned way around the world. He could jump, but flying wasn't an option. Or at least that's how I interpretted it?
Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eye witness. --Mark Twain
