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Old Mar 7, 2017 | 8:10 pm
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Originally Posted by kaka
i think its all random?
I've overheard some HKG crew flew to ORD when they were deadheading back to HKG.
No, it's not. They have a few patterns to choose from. The SHA based CA on KIX-LAX flight mentioned by OP won't be flying NRT-LAX e.g.

Believe it's YVR, ORD and CDG for HKG crew. These routes/patterns change over time. They used to put HKG crew on NRT-LAX too and CDG was added a couple years ago.
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