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You still need to make sure that no one except the pilot can take over the controls and that nobody is secretly loading up the VTOL with bombs in their luggage
by imtringued 2y ago
You still need to make sure that no one except the pilot can take over the controls and that nobody is secretly loading up the VTOL with bombs in their luggage with the intention to crash it into the side of a glass skyscraper.
Then there is the safety of the passengers. If you and the pilot are the only ones in the aircraft, there is not much risk to yourself, but if the pilot dies, then the aircraft must land autonomously. If there is a group of passengers, then a terrorist could take the passengers hostage. So you still need to check for weapons and explosives.
The only case where you could get rid of security is with a fully autonomous aircraft that carries no luggage and only a single person.
- vernon99 2y agoThis is a weird assumption, see my comment above - there already exist a bunch of airplanes operating in the US with no TSA. Also, what’s the point of bombing small airplanes? Why not to bomb a bus instead? The impact would be larger.
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- dingnuts 2y agoyou're kidding, right? everyone I know both online and IRL complains constantly about how big cars have gotten as a result of the CAFE regulations
- chgs 2y agoIt’s not too expensive to buy your own small aircraft