I think the problem will be them running into things, like other taxis, planes, power lines. Unless they use the present air control system, which would greatly slow down any adoption.
“I think the problem will be them running into things, like other taxis, planes, power lines. Unless they use the present air control system, which would greatly slow down any adoption.”
Same for existing helicopter taxis.
The obvious solution is to require a full TCAS and ADB-B suite on every air taxi. ADB-B reports 3d positioning plus full vectors of flight path every one second broadcast to every aircraft in range plus the ground UHF surveillance network. TCAS integrated with ADSB-in is fully cooperative and automated collision avoidance/mitigation.
Both are mature already implemented technology at the commercial level not general aviation. Anyone with an IMC rating is also versed on TCAS its part of the check ride. With digital only flight plan filings which is becoming the FAA nexgen standard every one of these flights would have a flight plan plus ModeC transponder ident even in VMC. Below 500m you are in class E airspace outside the ModeC to ground around class B and above airports. I would expect that no flight plan will ever be granted in a ModeC ground area. It’s the same for helos with the exception of medivac flights.