Replies to post #40993 on Baltia Air Lines Inc. (fka BLTA)

[speckulater]

BLTA Mini Evacuation Test (Slides / Girt Bar) Summary


















From extensive DD and what I have been able to piece together, here is a review of one of the last few remaining hurdles for BLTA until Certification and Inaugural Flight. The BLTA Mini Evacuation Test.

We know BLTA has done the Mini Evac 6 times. BLTA has not yet passed. The BLTA Crew has performed brilliantly, there has been no problem with with the Crew or BLTA itself. The sole issue has been mechanical, the failure of evacuation slides to deploy properly (most likely faulty packing). This issue has been a continual and known problem for years by the FAA.

Ironically, Test 6 apparently resolved the slides issue. All the slides deployed properly as required. The FAA even held meetings with BLTA for several days after the last Test. There was speculation that the FAA might even go ahead and give approval of the last BLTA Mini Evac. However, given the top FAA priority of Safety, no approval was given, yet.

Apparently, a new issue surfaced. A problem with the Girt / Girt Bar.


What is the girt bar used in a transport aircraft?

Most of the times is the metal bar that connects an emergency slide to the fuselage. When the door opens in an emergency, provided the door is "armed" (the girt bar is locked on the fuselage), the door pulls the slide with it (since the slide sits on the door). Almost immediately after the door opens, a small lanyard is automatically pulled and discharges the bottle of the slide and the slide inflates to the outside of the aircraft and towards the ground. The other end of the slide remains attached to the fuselage via the girt bar so that the passengers can jump on the slide and evacuate/slide-out of the aircraft.

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_girt_bar_used_in_a_transport_aircraft






https://www.google.com/search?q=girt+bar&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=620&tbm=isch&imgil=oaGg0PGwE1XilM%253A%253BmDH5TDb0ppnwEM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.mageeplastics.com%25252Fairlines%25252Fproducts%25252Fdetail.aspx%25253Fgid%2525253D3%25252526pid%2525253D835&source=iu&pf=m&fir=oaGg0PGwE1XilM%253A%252CmDH5TDb0ppnwEM%252C_&usg=__SOgWolvXnJ6HMOv9_DhyUkUpZzo%3D&dpr=1.25&ved=0CDgQyjc&ei=zNtcVZDcLpDfoATKy4GABg#imgrc=ip8ZFpePVJFRlM%253A%3BRhVOradgF3-5pM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimage.slidesharecdn.com%252F2-140612120637-phpapp02%252F95%252F2aircraft-emergency-equipments-57-638.jpg%253Fcb%253D1403799982%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.slideshare.net%252Fpartyrocka99%252F2aircraft-emergency-equipments%3B638%3B479


Without my being an engineer, it would appear that the Girt Bar issue is something relatively minor (whether it was overlooked or faulty), that should be rectified in plenty of time before the next BLTA Mini Evacuation Test that is coming up very shortly. Then BLTA can proceed on its quest for Certification and Inaugural Flight.















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[kayakzz]

LT:

You are correct, private placements are horrible for the average investor.

[kayakzz]

LT:

My dislike for the PP crowd has nothing to do with private investors buying PP shares. It relates to my concern that the major PP shareholders are not actually buying their shares, rather they are receiving them as compensation for the work they are doing online. Although there is no proof of this, the theory fits well with observable events.

Kayakzz, you seem to have a very strong dislike for the "Private Placement" crowd, but I hope that you realize.....if it wasn't for them.....Baltia would never even exist today.

Those who invest PP are the ones who actually inject capital into the company.....money that can be used to pay payroll and for parts and maintenance and for rent and utilities, etc.

Also, keep in mind that the PP players have a 6 month restriction on trading their shares, so they take on a hell of a lot more risk than anyone buying unrestricted shares in the open market.

If there is a spike....or a fear that something isn't right....the PP players can't take advantage of it or have to stand around and use their certificates to keep the bottom of their birdcage from getting too messy.

The PP players could be considered the heart of the operation and the people buying on the open market the blood.

Both are important, and Baltia could not live without either.