This is sounding
suspiciously serious.
Though airships DO have their downsides. I mean, what if they looked like
this? The precedent set by Stardust aside, I don't think looking like you're on your way to a
magical pony gathering would be conducive to effective Sky-Pirating. And also, there's no reason for fear if everyone wears tethers or something. Falling off of an airship is only
slightly more dangerous than falling into vast, icy waters in the middle of a storm.
They did studies.