Like a sea anchor or a drogue, your wisdom (if it can be so called) is always in opposition to the future!
Hard to stand against the on-coming tide, eh?
Wrong, ding bat, there is something call lift-to-weight ratio. IT takes so much wing span to provide X amount of lift. Those little skinny guys are not full grown fully armed combat troops carrying their equipment on their backs. Science fiction is science fiction. Now back to the gate room.