Baltia Air Lines Inc. (fka BLTA)

[JohnnyDrama12]

PLEASE READ, Looks like my final post of the day. So I'm not going to respond to anything you say until Monday.

I'll break your post down.

Okay JohnnyDrama, then how come we can't fly the plane, our pilots have done a lot of recurrent training.

Baltia pilots are not allowed to fly the plane because Baltia Airlines, Inc. does not have the certification to allow Baltia staffed pilots to fly the aircraft. Any other certified commercial airline is allowed to fly such aircraft. Let me be clear. Baltia Airlines, Inc. does not have the proper certification to have their hired pilots fly the aircraft. Kalitta Air, LLC flew the aircraft on Baltia's behalf. Kalitta Air, LLC is certified, and Baltia is not.

speckulater said the plane is awaiting certification from FAA and it has to do with a slide or a door; and yet, that same dangerous plane was being flown around the Kalita airport with many people watching the air show.

If you put a timeline together, when was girt bar or slide issue brought up, before or after the airshow? IT WAS AFTER THE AIRSHOW. That issue could have came about at anytime, however, it was brought to Baltia's attention during mini-evac #5 or #6 I believe. Additionally, and this is the most important part, you have to understand that the issue was not present when Kalitta pilots flew the airplane to Willow Run. It wasn't "dangerous." It was flown to the airshow by Kalita Air, LLC pilots. All legitimate, all FAA compliant. Again, Baltia could not fly the plane themselves, so they had Kalitta Air do it for them.

To simplify even more, Kalitta already went through the certification process. They already did their mini-evac to become certified as an airline way back when. Baltia needed to do their own mini-evac on the plane for the FAA. It is NOT THE PLANE that had to be certified, it was Baltia. The min-evac was a test on Baltia Airlines, Inc. itself to prove to the FAA that their flight crews are competent and capable when it comes to an emergency landing that requires the slides to be used. Again, Baltia had to do their own mini-evac for the FAA to continue their certification process. Baltia had to do their own mini-evac because the mini-evac is required for Baltia Airlines, Inc. to become certified, not the physical aircraft.

Again, Baltia could not fly the plane themselves, so they had Kalitta Air do it for them.

Continuing on. There are conflicting stories about what the hold-up with the FAA exactly is. I am trying my best to combine everything I've found or heard into the following paragraph.

The most popular rumor is that (during the latest mini-evac test, known as "#7") a slide did not fully deploy correctly, however, Baltia and the FAA took precautions beforehand to prevent any sort of tampering. Allegedly, a day or so before the scheduled mini-evac #7, Baltia and some FAA officials prepped everything on the plane and then sealed all entry points to prevent any sort of mishaps. A no-one-in no-one-out situation. The FAA on the day of mini #7 witnessed Baltia technicians/engineers/whomever install the slides on/in the airplane. Then the FAA told Baltia to get ready to do the min-evac drill immediately after the slide installation. Baltia triggered the slide deployment. Apparently one slide did not inflate quickly enough or something of that nature. BUT,The Eastern Michigan FAA team, according to rumors, gave Baltia a thumbs up because Baltia was not at fault for the mis-deployment. From what has been speculated is that fault for the mis-deployment was brought onto the slide packing company. Baltia had no control over the packing of the slides, and the FAA witnessed Baltia techs installing them and gave them the thumbs up on the installation prior to them being deployed for the test. It is believed that the Eastern Michigan FAA team gave an approval to Baltia's #7 mini-evac test because if it was a real-life situation, it was clear that the slide packaging was faulty, NOT BALTIAS INSTALLATION. This is all speculated from some of Baltia's big investors.

Now, based on all that occurred, the Washington FAA headquarters is taking EVERY DETAIL into account before giving Baltia the final word (pass or fail). They are looking into the Michigan FAA team, they are looking into Baltia, they are also looking into the slide packing company that was allegedly at fault for mis-packing the slide. That is it.

I know nothing further, although everything I have just said is what I compiled by putting all rumors together.

I am doing DD Mr. Drama...hence the question of the uncertified plane flying around at the air show as per the video that was posted.

Please read above where I state that its not the plane that needs to be certified, its the airline that staffs the pilots to fly the aircraft. But to repeat, Baltia could not fly the plane themselves, so they had Kalitta Air do it for them.