First thunderstorm and everyone aboard is toast. Get airsick in an airplane? Wait until you get a ride on this baby! Will be like riding a nasty animal for 18 hours.
Like long trips? Crews that flew Navy blimps out of New Jersey in the 1950s always had to pack a bag in case they couldn't get back because of weather or wind speed. Their next stop after New Jersey was the Canary Islands, and if that didn't work, Africa!
Like inexperienced crews? There are no experienced dirigable pilots left (blimps are different). Your "captain" may have 300 hours flying time, if you're lucky.
Always wanted to be a test pilot? No problemo! EVERYONE aboard these death ships will be part of the test crew.
I can't wait to see one of these things fly...
"I can't wait to see one of these things fly..."
It does seem as if such a huge and relatively slow aircraft would need a tremendous "margin of error" in the event of wind shear or other heavy turbulence, but they're not pressurized, so they're going to be flying at relatively low altitude. Which makes for quite an inticing (and easy) target for all those terminally-aggrieved groups to shoot down, too.