I’d prefer to fly by lines attached to migratory birds, like the Little Prince. Perhaps I would find myself on Asteroid B612, where I could find out whether or not the sheep has eaten the rose.  ;-)

Yes, they can. The FAA can revoke type certificates, and they can order groundings, which doesn’t halt production but it does mean they cannot legally fly the aircraft within US airspace, which makes deliveries effectively impossible.

Well, the second half of the roller coaster was the proper response. The first half was what caused the response, and it doesn’t seem as if that part was intentional, given that Southwest has already been willing to publicly call it pilot error in pushing the yoke forward.

It won’t create a solid shell, or anything, but the impact risk is certainly rising. Not so much of a risk to things launching from the ground as a risk to things that will be orbiting at similar altitudes; launch is an instantaneous risk, whereas residing in orbit creates a very long-term cumulative buildup of risk…

I was going to post this:

I’m reminded of when I was working for Greentree Financial in the mid 90s. The CEO was getting a pay package that was a fraction of what Musk just got approved — as it was calculated as a percentage of the company’s reported profits, during the fat years, he was pulling in $200 million, which was quite extraordinary…

Oh my lord, he reacted to an entirely, 100% deserved negative review by cold-calling you and then *threatening* you? Definitely tops anything I’ve ever experienced (which mostly can be summarized as run-of-the-mill sexism; most service departments have treated me like a normal person, but some of act like because I…

“According to a recent study into the four privateer astronauts aboard the 2021 Inspiration4"

Bingo. One of the #1 strategies of the con artist is to stall you and put you off and just plain drag things out until you give up, and an experienced one like this dealership will stonewall until the heat death of the universe.

Well, I don’t know if I’d go quite THAT far.....

That logo caught my eye too!  It’s a lovely design choice.  An excellent call to their long tradition, without becoming ostentatious.

A big part of the problem is that Tesla repair work is artificially inflated in price, to the point where even minor damage can result in a car being declared totaled by insurance since it’s cheaper to replace the car than to pay Tesla’s mechanics to fix it. On the plus side, this has resulted in surprising resale…

Same!

Last paragraph goes into infrastructure costs a bit.

“The loan company owns it until the loan is paid off.”

Kinja’s still gotta Kinja, I guess, at least for now.

“I would like to know more details on how this happens and how the dealership has not been taken to court for theft and fraud.”

It’s like a grown man saying “my dad can beat up your dad”.

I can believe this. I can alsobelieve that said cop friends are entirely fictional, and were fabricated spontaneously in the moment specifically in order to make that claim.

I think a lot of them are young and have never bought a non-pre-owned car before.