The reason I was not able to import AAF’s was because our DIT had the media buried in a series of folders of which some contained forward slashes. Once I replaced those with periods the AAF’s imported fine and linked with the media.
Regarding EDL, I made one from a sequence comprised of footage we received before and after our new workflow and sent it off to the facility that will be handeling our DI. I can’t wait to hear what they say!