"I am told the ABZ - LDS yesterday afternoon had 15. 12 got off at LDS..." That's quite an optimistic route for Eastern!! Was it in a J41, Saab or EMB? How many 'tech stops' on the way??? Even with the proposed EASA Flight Duty Period 'limitations' I'm sure they'd struggle to keep the crew in duty hours!
(LDS = Yichun, Heilongjiang)