Nobody is handflying a commercial airliner at 40k feet, and nobody is maneuvering an airliner traveling 500-600mph to avoid a balloon like this, it's unlikely y

Nobody is handflying a commercial airliner at 40k feet, and nobody is maneuvering an airliner traveling 500-600mph to avoid a balloon like this, it's unlikely you'd even see it before you ripped through it.