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Video: The Death and Life of Helicopter Commuting
Fifty years ago, a helicopter company called New York Airways whisked passengers from the rooftop of the iconic Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan to any city airport in just 10 minutes. (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I actually rode on one many years ago - SFO Helicopters sold low cost excursions from SFO that headed past the port of San Francisco, landed in Sausalito, then returned. I think the tickets were less than $15. It was a fun ride, but I understand the noise and safety concerns as well as the economics.
Yes, I did that once, SFO-Sausalito-Berkley-SFO, lots of fun. It was on a standby basis. I was young and never considered the possibility of being bumped in,say, Berkeley and finding transport back to SFO on my meager student savings.
Kind of an overreaction to once accident, don't you think. They could have just done more scheduled maintenance and moved the departure point to a safer location.
So typical. People with every reason to say no and no reason to say yes shouldn't be able to wipe out an industry with the stroke of a pen. Five people tragically lost their lives that day and that's sad. How many other New Yorkers died in accidents that day?
What about LA Airways from LAX to Disneyland? Crashed two within a few months back in the early 70s killing several people.
http://helijet.com/scheduled-airline/