[fooey]

Musk is already muzzled by a federal agency.

Going head to head with the agency controlling airspace on top of that is a pretty terrible idea.

[staunch]

The difference is that the SEC was legally in the right. It wasn't the SEC Chairman choosing to flex his authority on a high profile private company.

If Musk is in the right here, the FAA will not have any luck bullying him.