Comment by eqvinox

RFC1925¹, section 2(3):

  With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is
  not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they
  are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them
  as they fly overhead.

Translation: sure, you can make this work by piling automation on top. But that doesn't make it a good system to begin with, and won't really result in a robust result either. I'd really rather have a better foundation to start with.

¹ https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1925