Yeah, I would imagine those of us who didn't manage to unlock it our first trip should probably have it unlocked on the second trip out, so I'm really not worried about it.
My bugger concern is, why gate an area designated as free company content behind an RNG gate, regardless of the trivial nature of the rng. I'm not sure why it wasn't just am automatic unlock for FC's with high level airships.

It just seems rather silly.