Thrun believes that with one remote pilot overseeing five aircraft in the air, Kitty Hawk’s operating cost per mile would drop below $1, making it cheaper than

Thrun believes that with one remote pilot overseeing five aircraft in the air, Kitty Hawk’s operating cost per mile would drop below $1, making it cheaper than an Uber or Lyft ride is today. To move 10% of the population of the Bay Area by eVTOL would require roughly 50,000 aircraft, Thrun estimates, of which half have to be in the air at any one time.