On: Cora – Kitty Hawk's prototype air taxi [video]

[coldcode]

I don't fear flying cars. I fear flying car crashes. Instead of a fender bender they "land" in your bedroom.

[ryandrake → coldcode]

Do you fear small airplanes (which have been flying over your house for almost a century) too?

[jp555 → coldcode]

Ever heard of a ballistic parachute? Not a 100% solution of course, but then again zero customers died in all passenger aircraft flights last year.

That’s saying a lot when every single day, there are times when there are over a million people simultaneously sitting in chairs in the sky

[michrassena → jp555]

I believe it was zero deaths on commercial jets last year, but when comparing that safety record to these smaller craft, it's a category error. Light planes are generally less safe than commercial jets per miles traveled.

[mrep → jp555]

Five people just died in a NYC heliopter crash on sunday: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/11/us/new-york-city-helicopter-a...

[908087 → jp555]

> but then again zero customers died in all passenger aircraft flights last year.

This isn't even remotely accurate.

Also, even when a BRS deployment goes well, there's a good chance that the aircraft is coming through someone's roof if flying over a populated area.