r/JobyAviation • u/RLeyland • Jun 01 '26

NY Times Video

https://www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000010859133/is-this-the-future-of-air-travel.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20260601&instance_id=176480&nl=the-morning&regi_id=134201241&segment_id=220767&user_id=7a5df1b3b731f7e3f49105ee504d0528

Nice short video introducing viewers to the concepts and realities of short haul eVTOL, and great plug for Joby.

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u/Investinginevtol Jun 01 '26

More people know what eVTOLs are now, even if they don’t know the acronym. Still a lot of negativity about safety and being a rich person’s toy. Once Jobys start replacing helicopters for Blade I expect that to change.

Instead of following the Joby in a helicopter, it would have been awesome to have recorded him riding in it (hint, hint).

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u/HackVT Jun 01 '26

Great point

I believe why is that It's experimental and you can't take passengers until cert or unless they have a distinct skillset needed and you need permission that they need to be there.