[mfrykman]

I would also guess that he can actually afford a house for his children to grow up in down in Burbank.

I wonder if Motiv subsidies the Surf Air membership. Moving a company from LA to SF is expensive - maybe that was part of the price payed to keep the CTO.

I'd also point out that it possibly was not his decision to move the company.

[jccc]

He addresses this in the video: For whatever personal reasons, uprooting his family and moving them is just not an option right now.