Kamuelaflyer
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Second generation international airline pilot here. My dad flew the first 747 into one of China’s provinces. They had to stop and pick up a Chinese crew before entering Chinese airspace. Maybe 1973?Actually, I should have used Laredo, TX as the entry border station for the train and that’s about a 675 mile trip North from the Ford plant.
I have read that the train still has to come to a complete stop on the bridge across the Rio Grande and a crew swap made from the Mexican crew to a US crew before proceeding on.
There are on- going negotiations to have the working crew just continue across the border until the next stop and then make the crew change as is done on Canadian border crossings.
I flew International Routes for an Airline for over 30 years before I retired. Sure am glad we didn’t have to make a crew change, as we say crossed the Chinese border going into Shanghai.
And here I thought dealing with QFE meters was bad enough.
Back on topic ... let the train drivers take it to the layover stop.
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