Good job no-one thought of these arguments before Mesrs Wright did their stuff at Kittyhawk a century ago...Imagine the headlines...
Hmm. Inherently unsafe...too slow you'll fall into the ground...Spinning, omigod!!!!fall out; the altitude'l kill you...landing, ground cushion makes it impossible. Travel over 30 MPH and you'll all suffocate.
Send for my horse! (careful, might fall off it!)
Where will we all be if we give up innovating in the name of progress?
"Folks, welcome aboard this Bloody Uncomfortable Mk 29 horse and cart, our fright time from London to Manchester is eleven days....."
Good on Boeing, the Marines Corps, Uncle Sam and all others involved in this project. I hope it works, despite the doom-sayers.
Remember the Harrier?