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apskip:
Chateau, good catch twice, but some of your flights don't make sense even if they were actualy used. I did inadvertently switch the flight numbers on AA905 (which is from MIA GIG) and AA995 (which is from MIA GRU). However, I can see no reason why American Airlines would send AR13 teams to Rio when AA995 to Sao Paulo arrives there earlier than AA905 does in Rio. Once there in Sao Paulo the connection I have shown is the best. In Rio, if teams did go there (and I do not recall any evidence about the TAM flight on episode 1), they would have been motivated back in LAX to choose JJ8001, which leaves 10 minutes before G3 1600. Why would teams want to wait around even 10 minutes in the competitive environment? Maybe American Airlines forced their choice. I don't know.

apskip:
I was asked to move this posting from elsewhere. It fits as well here as there.

If you read through the Vyxsin and Kynt blog (http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/09/kynt_vyxsin_pink_black_blast_0.html#more) about AR13ep.1 to the end, it says "They will have a crucial time advantage over the other 9 teams, should they use it effectively." I do not understand it, because it looked like Ken and Tina finished about 5 minutes behind Nick and Starr. I also thought that Terence and Sarah and Mark and Bill were not far behind.

The finish time of Nick and Starr per their Insider clip was "1 hour 10 means after they started" on April 24, which means it is 1010 with them being in the 9:00am release group. Add 12 hours and you have 2210 for pitstop release. It will take 5 minutes to get back from Forte Sao Marcelo and an unknown amount of time to flag down a taxi. Then it is a straight shot 12 miles up the coast road BA099 to Magelhaes International Airport. At that time of night traffic should be light. I am guessing that they could be there betwen 2245 and 2300. If on the earlier side of that range then they could get on GOL 1604 SSA FOR 2310 0055. If not, they will get bunched with all other teams going on GOL 3366 0230 0415. However, if successful they will have a 3 hour 20 minute lead. It may not be possible for any other team to do the same, but Ken and Tina, Terence and Sarah and Mark and Bill could theoretically do it. Any teams that wants to try is going to have to really hustle(not a problem for the first 3 of these teams and we'll see about Mark and Bill). If a team even stops to check on flight times, they are not going to make it(but would not know that because they should not have access to any schedules at the pitstop since they don't know where they are going.

georgiapeach:
It sounded to me that for this episode (1), the teams were TOLD what flights to take, weren't they?  So they may not have had the usual chances to try for a better flight...

And thanks for the episode 2 updates--I 'll be watching to see if they can make it! :yess:

Chateau d If:

--- Quote ---However, I can see no reason why American Airlines would send AR13 teams to Rio when AA995 to Sao Paulo arrives there earlier than AA905 does in Rio. Once there in Sao Paulo the connection I have shown is the best. In Rio, if teams did go there (and I do not recall any evidence about the TAM flight on episode 1), they would have been motivated back in LAX to choose JJ8001, which leaves 10 minutes before G3 1600.
--- End quote ---

Here are two screen caps that show what happened in Rio.  The audio track says "Attencion, flight 1600 is delayed"

There may have been better flight choices but flights are spoon fed on leg 1 so they have to use the ones given. 

apskip:
Chateau, thank you for providing your evidence that I asked for.  If you were on JJ8001 and about to go board that delayed flight, what would be seeing on the monitor? I expect that it would be delayed LATER flights such as G31600. You need better proof than the monitor that teams took the GOL flight. Perhaps anyone asking one of the "American group" (first 6 to leave LAX) can answer that when they are eliminated.

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