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Old Oct 5, 2018 | 3:22 am
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Originally Posted by dvs7310
Correct, neither country changes clocks. Sounds to me like MU is adding padding for ATC delays and FM isn't, for whatever reason. I don't know how integrated they run their operations. Padded schedules are very common at PVG, PEK, and HKG.
Thanks for this response. Hadn’t heard of “padded schedules” before. Appreciate having a new concept to chew on ^
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