The job of Tesla employees is to deliver the goods, even when it takes super-human efforts and creative miracles. The job of Musk is to pay them, even when it takes super-human efforts and creative miracles. No excuses.
And I'm someone who generally finds Musk hard to like.
> my issues with apologies from CEOs or companies is that they are generally lacking action or avoiding accountability
Think of it this way: If the employee doesn't deliver on a major obligation, there is no apology, I'll do better next time; they are gone.
And it sounds like that's exactly what he plans on doing, should there be extended problems (as much as it pains me to defend him)