Boeing engineer from Everett has just logged in :) Seriously though, Airbus has had FBW for decades and there’s an entire subset of the population of commercial pilots that rave about it.

Yes I’m a private pilot and I enjoy aerobatic planes with lots of direct feel. This is a robotic air taxi - what is the relevance of tactile feedback?

And your premise is more broadly incorrect. The f16, which was developed to dogfight, has had fly by wire for decades. The fly by wire allowed far greater control.

https://www.f-16.net/articles_article13.html

For what purpose?

Enthusiasts and race car drivers like lots of feedback through the control surfaces of their cars.

Most people don’t care, lack the skill to interpret that feedback anyway, and rely on driving well within the car’s limits and/or electronic safety nets to save them when they get it wrong.

Who do you think represents the closest analogue to the majority of Lilium aircraft operators in the long term?