"We considered over 30 designs and believe that the QSST is the only design that meets all the desired requirements including range, take-off and landing field length, take-off noise, emissions and sufficiently low sonic boom characteristics to enable supersonic flight over land, " he told CNN.

CNN: Bang goes the sonic boom

And while this dude takes high dudgeon douchery to a new level, I see plenty of entry-level peers who struggle to strike a balance when it comes to figuring out how much of their on-the-job interactions to take personally and how much to write off as typical professional white noise.

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