UPS- Polar route this weekend

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08-13-2009 | 10:07 AM

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UPS- Polar route this weekend

UPS will operate a "proving run" this weekend on a polar route. Long flight, will need double crews and double the catering.

08-13-2009 | 10:20 AM

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UPS will operate a "proving run" this weekend on a polar route. Long flight, will need double crews and double the catering.

15+ plus hours with SDF catering ...

08-13-2009 | 10:24 AM

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Pardon my domestic ignorance. When you have a double crew on a long flight like this do you just have 4, or is there an IRO, or are there 2 IROs?

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08-13-2009 | 11:20 AM

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Pardon my domestic ignorance. When you have a double crew on a long flight like this do you just have 4, or is there an IRO, or are there 2 IROs?

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Normally anything over eight hours of scheduled flight, two man crew plus an IRO. Anything over twelve hours, two crews plus rest facilities on the aircraft. Certain airlines have negotiated their own rest/crew rules for certain flights.

08-13-2009 | 11:32 AM

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This flight will be operated my management.....FWIW

08-13-2009 | 11:44 AM

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FedEx line crews fly polar routes routinely (have done 3 myself) ... why is it a management function at Ooooops?

08-13-2009 | 11:48 AM

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FedEx line crews fly polar routes routinely (have done 3 myself) ... why is it a management function at Ooooops?

Testing and certification phase, the droogs will pick it up eventually.

08-13-2009 | 11:50 AM

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Yes, but what about that catering??

08-13-2009 | 11:51 AM

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There will be one IPA pilot onboard as well.

08-13-2009 | 11:53 AM

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Yes, but what about that catering??

That is one of the test parameters-can humans survive for that length of time on SDF catering without permanent physiological damage?

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