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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by SoftTalker on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:11PM (#31717854)
For critical patients helicopters are already used. For patients who need to get to a hospital but are short-term in stable condition, is the extra expense of an air ambulance justified, in a health care system that is already unaffordable?
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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by wolverine876 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @10:07PM (#31720206)
> For critical patients helicopters are already used.

I'm sure they are used based on a cost/benefit calculation - not everyone gets them. If eVTOL reduces the cost, many more can benefit, or those funds can be shifted to something else.

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by ben_w on Monday June 13, 2022 @07:52AM (#31724140)
The ability to replace road ambulances is, I think, inherently a cost claim. After all, capability is already solved with, as you say, helicopters.
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