When Baltia submits a request for an evac, they have a hell of a lot of back up paper work to include with that request. A potential schedule of Proving Flights is part of that request.

Typically the Proving Flights are "scheduled" to begin 2 business days after the mini. If the mini occurs on Tuesday, the flights begin Thursday. If the mini is scheduled on a Thursday, then the flights begin the following Tuesday (nothing ever "commences" on a Monday or a Friday.....it is an unwritten rule).

From what I have heard, the domestic Proving Flights will run back to back, 6 hours a day, until 50 hours are reached (about 8 days, but figure that will take about 2 calendar weeks to accomplish). Then I believe there is a week on the ground to write up reports before the international flights begin, and those should run 4 days at 8 hours per day (another week or so to accomplish).

Let's just hope that recent events have exposed those who have been deliberately delaying the process for their own selfish agenda (such as not taking any chances when a promotion is on the horizon) , and that the rest of this process will proceed uninhibited.