> On Jan 3, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:32 PM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote:
> . . . but in Tijuana, where 'annual maintenance' and its inspection can be concluded in 30 minutes, if the price is right.
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> I'm sure there are OTU equivalents. :-)
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> And every year, a few borderline-solvent OTU trading companies fall for the temptation . . . then slide over that borderline into bankruptcy, the next time an honest Imperial Starport Authority official notes where they supposedly had their most recent annual maintenance done and instantly impounds their vessel for a full [foredoomed to fail] inspection . . .

Or they’re one of the ships that go into J-Space and never come back out…