‘I don’t want my flying car.’
10th July 2011
Steve Sailer talks some common sense, as he tends to do.
The other problem is that flying is more dangerous than driving, and not that many people are cut out to be pilots. I’m only an average driver, so I’ve never wanted to be a pilot. I’m not a good quick decisionmaker, and flying seems like a good way for me to turn my bad decisions into my funeral.
And that’s the point. This isn’t really a ‘flying car’, it’s a ‘drivable airplane’. Not the same thing. It still requires the skills and training of an airplane pilot rather than the lesser skillset of an automobile driver.