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Old 02-16-2017 | 02:06 PM
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Bao Bao (the Giant Panda at the National Zoo) will fly back to China on Tuesday on A FedEx 777.

Are the kilt wearers already in "crew rest"?

National Zoo panda Bao Bao is moving to China - CNNPolitics.com

When pandas fly: Bao Bao is headed to China via FedEx's Panda Express

Panda Express?
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Old 02-17-2017 | 09:13 AM
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Old 02-17-2017 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
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Bao Bao (the Giant Panda at the National Zoo) will fly back to China on Tuesday on A FedEx 777.

Are the kilt wearers already in "crew rest"?

National Zoo panda Bao Bao is moving to China - CNNPolitics.com

When pandas fly: Bao Bao is headed to China via FedEx's Panda Express

Panda Express?
I hear in China, the Panda Express has chunks of real Panda.
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Old 02-17-2017 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
I hear in China, the Panda Express has chunks of real Panda.
60% of the time it works every time
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Old 02-17-2017 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MaydayMark
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Bao Bao (the Giant Panda at the National Zoo) will fly back to China on Tuesday on A FedEx 777.

Are the kilt wearers already in "crew rest"?
Wrong direction. Management pilots only do deliveries from China, not to China. No publicity on returning Pandas. Expect Bao Bao to fly through the Memphis hub, like most freight doing a "hub turn" and head to Alaska with a whistle stop in Anchorage. The crews will all be reserves. No one will even take notice of Bao Bao riding on a belt in the hub, heading to the Anchorage flight.
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Old 02-17-2017 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dckozak

Wrong direction. Management pilots only do deliveries from China, not to China. No publicity on returning Pandas. Expect Bao Bao to fly through the Memphis hub, like most freight doing a "hub turn" and head to Alaska with a whistle stop in Anchorage. The crews will all be reserves. No one will even take notice of Bao Bao riding on a belt in the hub, heading to the Anchorage flight.

According to the CNN Politics article, "Bao Bao will fly nonstop from Dulles, Virginia, to Chengdu, China, in a large crate aboard the custom-decaled 'FedEx Panda Express' 777F aircraft. She will be accompanied by a keeper and a veterinarian."


That means it will be a charter, which means it was put in open time, immediately frozen, and at the perfect time was unfrozen and picked up by ... well, we all know the rest.






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Old 02-18-2017 | 08:30 AM
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Old 02-18-2017 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by TonyC
According to the CNN Politics article, "Bao Bao will fly nonstop from Dulles, Virginia, to Chengdu, China, in a large crate aboard the custom-decaled 'FedEx Panda Express' 777F aircraft. She will be accompanied by a keeper and a veterinarian."


That means it will be a charter, which means it was put in open time, immediately frozen, and at the perfect time was unfrozen and picked up by ... well, we all know the rest.






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trip 2222 on 20feb
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Old 02-18-2017 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by The Walrus

trip 2222 on 20feb

And 2223 and 2224.

Flt 9751, 16:20 block, Part 91

23:00 layover before they start, then 20:30 layover before they continue to KIX (again, Part 91, and the RFOs riding as PAX), and then D/H home.





(Wanna see something confusing, look at Seat and Role for everyone on 2222. CAP (seat) is RF2 (role), F/O is RFO2, RF2 is PIC, and RF2 is RFO1. ???? They're going to be so fatigued and confused when they land in Chengdu, they won't even notice the language barrier. )







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Old 02-18-2017 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyC
And 2223 and 2224.

Flt 9751, 16:20 block, Part 91

23:00 layover before they start, then 20:30 layover before they continue to KIX (again, Part 91, and the RFOs riding as PAX), and then D/H home.





(Wanna see something confusing, look at Seat and Role for everyone on 2222. CAP (seat) is RF2 (role), F/O is RFO2, RF2 is PIC, and RF2 is RFO1. ???? They're going to be so fatigued and confused when they land in Chengdu, they won't even notice the language barrier. )







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As I recall, the Kilt Flight was MEM-ANC, twelve hours off, ANC-Chengdu, twelve hours off, then Chengdu to Scotland. And only three of the pilots were legal to fly.....
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