'Japan's Biggest Airline Announces Plans to Build Flying Taxis' slogging flyingtaxis
A few years ago, flying cars were a synonym of futuristic technology. Nowadays, maybe it's not that far in the future. It may not be a car, but a flying taxi is pretty close. In this slogging thread, the random channel discussed a piece of news where the main topic is indeed flying taxis and how this could be managed.
This Slogging thread by Sara Pinto, Mónica Freitas, Jack Boreham, Limarc Ambalina and Abeer occurred in slogging's official #random channel, and has been edited for readability."Japan's largest airline and flying taxi startup Joby Aviation have announced plans to bring aerial ridesharing to the country's third-largest city, Osaka.
In a statement on Monday, airline ANA and the Californian startup said travelling by air would cut the journey time from central Osaka to the city's Kansai Airport to just 15 minutes, compared to an hour by car. Joby's founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt said the startup wanted to provide a greener way of travelling quickly via its electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft."Limarc Ambalina Mónica Freitas Jack Boreham Abeer what's your thoughts on this?Sara Pinto, first of all, this is shocking, futuristic, sci-fi-ish and exciting. I'd love to try them out.
Abeer, they definitely have to careful with all the noise issues and so on, but it would be pretty cool to take this faster way of transportation!Abeer, they actually mentioned it in the news! To operate a flying taxi you would need pilot training and the infrastructure, between other things as well
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