"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message newsrfairbairn_spam_sucks-
Nope -- lightning protection and dissipation. Lightning can literally
blow apart nonmetallic structures and home in on the occupants in
flight, without tha Faraday cage effect of the metal mesh.

It's more than just lightening. Even without a direct strike, the thing will have
enough problems with static to be annoying.