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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by mcot2 on Monday October 07, 2019 @07:13AM (#21179497)
Helicopter service makes no sense to me. A very fast electric ferry from Downtown and one of the Piers near midtown... That makes a lot more sense to me.
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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by chrisseaton on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:07AM (#21179809)
> Helicopter service makes no sense to me.

A helicopter can go in a straight line and land on the apron, right next to a waiting aircraft. How long is a ferry going to take to get all the way around Brooklyn, through the bays and where is it going to dock when it gets there?! That'd take hours.

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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by mcot2 on Monday October 07, 2019 @10:33AM (#21181287)
Not at all. A fast ferry from downtown NYC should take around 20 minutes to get to JFK. It would be easy for them to integrate a marine terminal there, just as they are going to do at LaGuardia airport. It’s a hell of a lot more practical than a helicopter service.
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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by chrisseaton on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:18AM (#21181861)
> A fast ferry from downtown NYC should take around 20 minutes to get to JFK.

20 minutes?! It's like 20 miles around Brooklyn. It'd need to be a 60 mph ferry! Does such a thing exist?

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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by nradov on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:18PM (#21183384)
Such ferries do exist (hydrofoil or hovercraft) but sailing through a congested channel at 60 mph would be wildly dangerous. I can't imagine the Coast Guard or port authorities would ever allow it.
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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by mcot2 on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:37AM (#21223702)
Yes this would be a challenge. It may not be able to operate at full speed for the entire duration of the trip, but significant portions it probably could.
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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ... by mcot2 on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:33AM (#21223676)
Yes. They do exist.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_Francisco

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