> "It'd be a mistake to think that we can keep flying the way that we do because we can fly on air. That's never going to happen. It's always going to be a nich

> "It'd be a mistake to think that we can keep flying the way that we do because we can fly on air. That's never going to happen. It's always going to be a niche". Why did BBC include such a strong statement in the article, given that it's just someone's gratuitous personal opinion? I know that it's good journalistic practice to include sceptical opinions, but couldn't they find someone who is sceptical while at the same time being able to back their opinion with some sort of evidence or arguments? Edit: it's also possible that this person's contribution was a longer text, and that it was cut short due to the article length limits. Maybe the original text included better arguments? It would be unfortunate if that was the case.