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TAR13 Episode Timeline, Route, Schedule
georgiapeach:
We still don't know exactly 100% though how the teams that didn't go via Chicago got there?
Maybe they had to connect via Sao Paulo to get a better connection? ??? :duno:
puddin:
To quote Chateau, LAX~
* The gal said there was one team that was 'hippie' like with long white hair (she demonstrated with her hands at mid chest level).
*They were an older couple, as in, male and female. She estimated their ages to be 40's or 50's. She also mentioned the two girls and another team that was just a regular young couple in their 20's.
*I just point blank asked "Where were they flying to?" And he said "Brazil. Sao Paulo, Brazil"
*He also confirmed the Hippie couple. They are old enough to be originals from the 60's.
*He said there were 5 teams going via UA and 6 teams via AA.
*So there you have it: 11 teams of two. Off to their first destination in Sao Paulo.
apskip:
This calls for some hard airline flight information to narrow the issue. The best route to Rio (airport code GIG) from Chicago is very simple; it goes through Sao Paulo (GRU), ORD GRU UA843 2132 1005+1 connecting with GRU GIG UA861 1035 1145. There is no comparable flight through DFW. There is a flight to Miami leaving DFW at 1735, connecting and getting to GIG at 0830. However, there are no afternoon flights you can take to get to DFW from LAX in time to make that connection. You miss it by about one hour as a flight from LAX leaves 1230 and arrives DFW 1745.
From GRU to Salvador (SSA), you have these flights:
JJ 3172 1310 1550
G3 1884 1350 1605
G3 1776 1545 1855
JJ 3894 1600 1825
G3 1816 1610 1825
From GIG to SSA, you have these flights:
JJ 3192 1233 1433
G3 1830 1435 1630
G31602 1610 1810
So, why would any AR13 team want to go through Rio de Janeiro unless there was some unusual situation that booked up all the GRU SSA flgihts?
Neobie:
Perhaps the invisible hand of production?
If we're doing the first-leg-pick-a-ticket-or-sign-up-for-timings-charter-debunching thing we usually do, TPTB might want to arrange for mandatory timings that arrive within narrow timings. The 4.30pm arrival the girls take through Rio would couple well with the 3.50pm and 4.05pm arrivals on the direct flights from Sao Paulo...
Apskip, would you be able to figure out how Phil got from LA to Rio to be able to catch his 10.30am flight to Salvador on the 23rd - the one we have on the whiteboard?
georgiapeach:
I'm totally blanking on this...
Can you point me to where we saw Phil in Rio on the 23rd please??
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