Originally Posted by
bafanguy
So where are these air-mobility flights going to land? You can't just hail a helicopter and have it land in the street. My brother has a house on Pine Lake in Sammamish, Washington. A neighbor wanted to use his helicopter to commute to work; neighbors were not happy that a whirlybird would be flying over for the benefit on one person. Result? VERY limited flights and times. How are these 'urban air mobility' flights expecting to pick up and drop off passengers? One can't simply drop from the skies and offload/upload passengers where ever one wants to..... This is not like a taxi or an uber.
My recollection is that helicopter transport to airport(s) from atop high rise buildings in New York proved not to be a good solution. How is this different?
edited to add: One crash and they will be gone.