[ChicagoConservative27]

I will pass

[from occupied ga]

Plug-In Planes: Startup Debuts Pilotless Electric ‘Air Taxis’

Wonderful idea. What could possibly go wrong? < /sarcasm>

[nascarnation]

Experienced tort attorneys are standing by to take your call.

[moovova]

[Da Coyote]

Pay no attention to all the blinking red and yellow lights in the automated control center.

[Belteshazzar]

Range of 248 to 124 miles. Hmmmm.

[NWFree]

They’re so confident in this plane they won’t even allow their own pilot to fly it

[Steely Tom]

The Environmental Left has a basic ignorance of thermodynamics.

[Pollard]

Obviously not for two way traffic in the inner city. Hmm, and what about powerlines and traffic lights? Hardly a taxi replacement.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Just fly into a bright cloud and shove the plane’s recharging cable into a unicorn’s rear. Rainbows are a great source of power up there too. The aircrew may have to fight a leprechaun for it.

First crash and the whole crackpot idea is finished.

[Dr. Sivana]

Wisk Aero,[ . . . ] has debuted its sixth generation remote-piloted “air taxi,”

So . . . what happened to the first five generations?
Are they like the first four tries of Chanel?
The first eight plans from outer space?
Jack Daniels' first six attempts?

[joshua c]

i thought the headline said “pointless”

never mind

[Carriage Hill]

What possibly could go wrong with *no pilot* and *crappy batteries* at 3-10,000 ft?

[I want the USA back]

So now, all a terrorist has to do is break into one of the remote control stations and he will able to crash a plane loaded with people into an occupied building. But he won’t get his 72 virgins that way.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Stupid. I fly a 172 that can stay airborne for 12 hours non stop. Do I just add more batteries to stay up?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Because the electric cars are doing so very well.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

If it takes Tom 4 days to recharge an electric truck, how many months does Sam take to recharge an electric passenger plane?

[Roadrunner383]

A lot of planes can pretty much take off and land by themselves already. A pilot onboard will probably be needed to reassure passengers.

Actually I’ve heard the cockpit in the future will only contain a pilot and a dog. The dogs job is to bite the pilot if the pilot touches any of the controls.

[doorgunner69]

No pilot and you hope the batteries will last.

No way, no how.

[Rummyfan]

I will wait till the software is thoroughly debugged. And wait some more.

[Reno89519]

Put some peddles with each seat so that passengers can peddle to recharge the batteries while in flight.