Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-3146930-20140418054038

Plus the Nevermore doesn't seem to mind getting in close to fight, even if flying does give it an advantage. During Episode 8, it flew in to destroy the bridge the teams were running on and swooped in to attack RWBY. Even Yang who is mostly a close range fighter managed to jump in its mouth and lay down some hurt. If Jaune had the same level of talent, the fight would have been over as he could have just stabbed the bird right in the skull.