nopzor

we “reinvented” our metrics database engine 5 times? that’s news to me! :-)

as others have said, likely too low. tcas is pretty awesome (and yes, most military flights will use it), but it is (deliberately) muted/degraded at low altitudes (i think around 1500feet).

it’s actually really hard for private jets / charter (whether part 91 or part 135) to use dca. requirements include having an armed officer on board. as a result almost nobody flies charter into dca.

the article you linked to is more than a year old, and does acknowledge that at the time spacex was flirting with profitability. do you contend that they are not currently “profitable”?

also, many (maybe most?) privste companies deny employees who have options access to complete company financial statements.

while it’s true that spacex is a private company, it’s widely known that they are highly profitable. they have many institutional investors, and a long line of people that would love to be on their cap table.

there are so many pointless transitions and animations that i find the experience infuriating.

generally interest rates are always annualized.

that’s what i meant.

what makes this plane unique is its single jet engine. this also makes running costs lower.

also worth mentioning - the vision jet is afaik the only single jet passenger jet that is fully certified.

awesome to see the first real world example of a caps parachute deployment on the vision jet working out well.

the caps parachute results in “a good day for the passengers — walk away, bad day for the insurance company — plane will never fly again”

the vision jet also has a “safe return” feature that will 100% autonomously land at the nearest suitable airport.

both brs and safe return are designed to be initiated by a passenger, in the event of pilot incapacitation.

i’ve had the pleasure of flying on a vision jet before — it’s a really cool aircraft that flies almost as fast and high as much more expensive jets. and can be easily (realistically) flown by a single pilot.

is it a crime to hire drug addicts? what enforcement are you talking about?

so is a subscription to appletv or netflix analogous to a landlord? i’m really trying to understand your worldview.

i don’t think your point is a valid retort; when you’re paying a landlord you are receiving something of value that you want for yourself, just like when you pay for a cheeseburger.

i don’t read /every/ story posted or even heavily discussed on hn, and i doubt most people do either..

the fact that the payment has been delayed and the judgement has been appealed this long is one of the least interesting parts of the story… imo.

(and yes, every story has different perspectives, and i don’t claim to have the facts at hand to weigh in at all..)