Flying taxis? Hang on, I’m still waiting for my anti-gravity skateboard

And what about my ray gun and light-sabre, eh?

Taxi photo © 2023 Eric Nopanen | https://unsplash.com/fr/@rexcuando

“When God wants to punish a nation, he makes them invade Afghanistan.”

A lesser-known variant of this epigram states: "When God wants to punish a transport business, he makes them announce a flying taxi."

And thus it came to pass that the curse of the flying taxi is making headlines yet a…