Arrive before you leave
Jul 14, 2008 | 4:33 pm
#31
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It occurs to me one other place you probably could do it. Fly out of western China to someplace nearby. China is all on one time zone, any short hop from a city on the western edge is going to pick up several hours.
Jul 14, 2008 | 4:36 pm
#32
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Along those lines, I recall reading about the FA who was trying to explain to a naive passenger how it was possible to arrive before you leave. The FA patiently explained about time zones and the rotation of the earth, however the passenger just wasn't getting it. Finally, the FA said, "we go really fast!" The passenger said, "oh," and returned to combing through the Skymall catalogue for "must haves." 
I was trying to use the multi-city routing tool on a flight whose first leg was a transpac. The engine would not allow me to specify a departure time for the second flight earlier than the first flight. I was pointing this out as a flaw in the system and they couldn't understand that anything was wrong.
Jul 14, 2008 | 4:40 pm
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I was once told by a GA in ORD that I was among the last to check in for a flight to HPN, so I'd be given lower priority (weather cancellation). I had checked in at 5pm or so, this happened around 5pm. I had to explain to her that I had checked in ~12 hours before in NGO.
Jul 14, 2008 | 7:09 pm
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This reminds me of a flight that I took from PHX-ELP last October on US. The departure was set for 9:45pm but due to mx we were delayed to 11:00pm. Even though the flight is scheduled for 1h20m, the pilot apparently pushed the 737-400 so hard that we really hauled [rear end] to ELP in a scant 45 minutes (that's from takeoff in PHX to wheels down in ELP).
Jul 14, 2008 | 7:30 pm
#36
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The new SYD-EZE service which starts this November has a very unusual departure /arrival time;
Qantas Airways
Flights 17 Departs: 10:35 Kingsford Smith (SYD)
Arrives: 10:35 Ministro Pistarini (EZE)
Qantas Airways
Flights 17 Departs: 10:35 Kingsford Smith (SYD)
Arrives: 10:35 Ministro Pistarini (EZE)
Jul 14, 2008 | 7:42 pm
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I once flew four flights, all of which took off on a Tuesday.
One took off and landed in the morning on Tuesday.
The other three took off at night. Of those, one landed on Monday, one on Tuesday, and one on Wednesday.
One took off and landed in the morning on Tuesday.
The other three took off at night. Of those, one landed on Monday, one on Tuesday, and one on Wednesday.
