[nickik]

Why would a Falcon 9 failure set the BFR back six months? The teams working the BFR parts are probably not strongly involved and could just continue working.

It would set them back somewhat, but I don't see why it would be that long.

[foota]

They could lose their launch pad again

[greglindahl]

"Return to flight" activities appear to be a big distraction for the entire company, for example the previous 2 failures caused Falcon Heavy to slip a lot.