Unfortunately, that’s not an option, given the time difference and location difference there is almost no way (shy of having someone get a charter flight with the drive) to get a drive back to the colorist
Yes, the problem occurs when loading the MXF files (direct copies of the whole card) off of a HFS+ formated drive, both one connected via Fiber Channel, and off of the internal HD, and when loading directly off of the P2 card.