On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:15:01 +0100, Mother wrote:
> Manufacturer acks a fault, sends a new one - OVERNIGHT to UK - from
> JAPAN. Dispatched 13.20hrs Arrived next day at 11.50hrs. How on
> earth is this 'possible'?,
Is that local times in both places? If so thats 30 1/2 hours for the
trip.
Dispatch time is 1320 Tokyo = 0420 UTC day 1
Arrival time is 1150 London = 1050 UTC day 2
24:00 - 04:20 + 10:50 = 30.5hrs (I think...).
Flying time from direct Toyko to London is around 12hrs leaving
18.5hrs to get the thing to and from airports etc. If the thing is
small enough to be carried on rather than checked that speeds things
up. There are always a few "courier" seats available for this sort of
small thing, or at least there were pre 9/11...
However did it *really* come from Japan or stock at a European or UK
base? The order may have been issued in Japan but these days a decent
stock system could dispatch from anywhere. A clever system would send
the nearest, a really clever system the quickest (which might not be
the nearest...)
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