Although there are a lot of people out there that seems to think that the flying car will eventually kick off and the world will be flying to work in a DeLorean or something ridiculous like that. Here are just a few reasons why we aren’t likely to see people flying to work anytime soon.

How About The FAA / Civil Aviation Authority

The Federal Aviation Administration can barely cope with all of the flights that are currently coming in and out of the USA and UK, can you imagine how they would handle thousands of cars flying about the place on a constant basis? With no way of knowing exactly where a car is going to go it would be pretty impossible to avoid crashes in midair. The fact is you could be flying to work like normal but want to stop off somewhere before, how is the FAA and CAA supposed to ensure that everyone is safe.

People that believe that flying cars are coming within the next fifteen years or so believe that the FAA , CAA and other flight authorities are going to reform and become a much bigger group but even if this happens it would be incredibly difficult to manage! Not sure the FAA would appreciate all of those finance lease cars flying about!

The Airports

One of the only ways that the FAA and other companies have said that the flying car would ever work is if there were dedicated landing spaces for vehicles. These would have to be in small airstrips and building hundreds of these all over the world isn’t likely to ever happen. The first question that needs to be asked is, how on earth are they going to find the budget to build hundreds of these in a single country? Of course the answer could come from some kind of air-car tax but surely that isn’t going to work until people can physically fly and land the things? It already get’s too complicated to think about!

The Noise

Although a lot of work is going into making aircraft quieter, they are still incredibly loud. Even living 5+ miles away from an airport means you are going to hear them as they come in to land, can you imagine this across 100s of airports with thousands of cars landing a day? Sure they are going to be smaller which naturally would make them a bit quieter but are you likely to see a single yes from people voting that live in a “proposed small airport” construction zone, of course not!

So, is it truly impossible?

Although the introduction of thousands of flying cars is incredibly unlikely, it does have backing from many governments and NASA are pushing it pretty hard now that the man in space missions are in hiatus for the foreseeable future.

What are your thoughts on flying cars, will we really see a scene like the one from Back to the Future?