GTA V: 10 Unfortunate Consequences Of Living In Los Santos

5. All The Gangsters Can Fly

What€™s scarier than a gangster? An airborne gangster, that€™s what. The only thing stopping armed gangs from taking over the world is that they€™re stranded on the ground (and that€™s a scientific fact), so when the hoods do eventually master the skies, we€™d all better grab our survivalist gear and take to the hills, where hopefully we won€™t be eaten by that strangely welcoming cult. Unfortunately, in Los Santos, there€™s already been a harbinger of this particular apocalypse, and his name is Franklin Clinton. Let me explain €“ common sense suggests that Franklin, a low-level car-jacking hood, doesn€™t really have any experience his airborne transport. Again, he boosts cars, and that€™s a living which exclusively takes place on the ground. There€™s no Chitty Chitty Bang Bang here, just folks being screwed out of their cars by exorbitant payment plans. So odds on, Franklin shouldn€™t be able to hop into a whirlybird and go punch God in the face. Yet strangely, against all logic and reason he can. Sure, I know he€™s not as adept as Trevor, but still, the fact he manages to get it into the air is troubling enough. I mean, it€™s not like riding a bicycle €“ little of what Franklin learnt to drive cars like a lunatic will be transferable in this situation. But still, there he is, flying a jerky helicopter over the horizon. In the words of Hermes Conrad, this just raises further questions €“ if Franklin can do it (and to a lesser extent, Michael) what does that mean for the crime problem in San Andreas? After all, if all you need to take to skies is working knowledge of a car, it€™s not going to be long €˜til the gangs are vying for control of the air. As soon as they all twig on, that city€™s going to hell in a hand basket. An airborne hand basket.