I just started a certification for a new carrier, the initial letter was mailed in the FSDO in December, 30 days later I received a response from FAA, stating we got your letter (PASI) and accepted. We will get back to you when the certification team are ready to meet. (certification Team consists of the CPM, Maintenance, Avionics, Flight Ops)4 people. It took me 6 moths to get all 4 FAA inspectors together.
The point I am try to make is try to assemble 10 to 20 FAA inspectors for a Evac demo is a nightmare. BLTA have done a remarkable job so far, getting these guys together gives me confidence in the FSDO and the BLTA ops personal, the relationship must be very good to be able to schedule the events this close to each other.
