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March 13th, 2008, 23:42
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL
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|  Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... I think we made a record for an "early arrival." This past trip our last leg was 55 minutes early! Normally this leg is plagued by a large headwind, but strangely enough we had a tailwind for most of the flight. We coordinated with our destination and dispatch, and they approved an early arrival. It worked out, because I was aiming to get in about 15 minutes early to make a flight home.  We even slowed down with ATC approval to 0.74M. Didn't help much...
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March 14th, 2008, 00:22
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Nomadic...World Wide Boobie Bungalow Bouncer
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| Re: Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... Ive gotten there before i left, same time zone. i pushed 20 min late but arrived before i left. my trick?, a twin airplane.
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March 14th, 2008, 10:29
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN
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 | Re: Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... We got into MSP over an hour early from MEM once. We blocked in about 10 minutes early thanks to the circus of gate switches and waiting on the ground crew to clock in, though.....
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March 14th, 2008, 11:20
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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 | Re: Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... There were many times we'd end up 30-50 minutes early on east-bound transcons. Depending on winds we'd sometimes be really early or really late!
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March 14th, 2008, 16:33
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Wasilla, AK
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 | Re: Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... It's always nice to be in the car driving out of the parking lot before scheduled arrival time!!
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March 15th, 2008, 23:31
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Paradise:)
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 | Re: Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... Today we left Juneau 20 minutes late, and arrived into Seattle 10 minutes early. I love tailwinds.
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March 15th, 2008, 23:57
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Waterville, ME
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| Re: Uhh, we're going to be a bit early... We almost tied your record tonight...only got in 40 mins early, though. With a stop in Rockland before heading home that's not too bad. I was almost at my house at our scheduled arrival time.
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March 16th, 2008, 16:27
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: KAUG
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