Hate to divert the thread on a slight tangent however I have a question regarding the operation of a commercial flight within the US? Which I think this is.
If so will
US DOT procedures apply?
Thinking back to the Virgin America debacle it doesn't appear that Virgin Galactic qualifies to operate commerical flights in the US because its ownership is not by "US citizens":
(A) An individual who is a citizen of the United States; (B) A partnership each of whose partners is an individual who is a citizen of the United States; or (C) A corporation or association organized under the laws of the United States or a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States, of which the president and at least two-thirds of the board of directors and other managing officers are citizens of the United States, which is under the actual control of citizens of the United States, and in which at least 75 percent of the voting interest is owned or controlled by persons that are citizens of the United States.
VG appears to be a wholly owned subsiderary of Virgin Group.