Oh I fucking agree. That was my overriding thought during that stupid demonstration video -- there's no way in hell the FAA even thinks about it. What altitude do they fly at (although isn't it true that under 1000 feet or something, you can fly anything without the FAA's approval? Or is that private non-commercial only? I don't know crap about this.) etc.

What if they try to make a delivery to Buck in East Texas but they fly over Johnny Redneck's land on the way and he fucking blows them out of the sky? EDIT: it's nice to be right. What if they crash? Who's responsible for the forest fire that starts?

I've read links you've posted in the past pointing out exactly what the flaws and strengths of 3D are, that was mostly a tongue in cheek thing. Although it really is hard to know where we'll be even 15 years from now. I like your idea -- I can imagine a crowdsourced app similar to the ones for carpooling with strangers: going from Austin to Dallas tomorrow? Have a trustworthy rating on YouFedex app? Take these packages here and here for 10 percent...