XBtF Bug? Teladi TL Albatross busy: "Already has an order"

[Ouroboros10]

Hi guys,
Just starting in the X-universe, playing X: BTF. I ran into an unusual issue, and can't find any info on the forums: the Albatross TL in Seizewell has been stuck on "busy" for a while now. Every time I try to hire him, he says he is already on an order, come back later.

Is this a feature or a bug? I went and bought a couple more factories from the Boron to kill time and explored their sectors for a bit, but the Teladi TL still says he's busy. Is there a specific "Later" trigger, or did I bug something and he's permanently unusable? That would be a major inconvenience since I'm not willing to rewind 15 hours if there's no workaround.

I saw the forum post that there are some known issues with the TL sometimes getting "stuck" as a result of collision detection, but this seems different (or are they the same issue?)

I have the Steam version (2.2) if that matters.

Thanks for any help!