Timeline for What priority if any is given to Emergency Services in flight clearance?
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 19:42 | comment | added | J W |
@CGCampbell If you look at the text of VIP TFRs, air ambulance flights typically are or could be authorized. For example FDC 7/5997: medevac/air ambulance flights on active missions; or FDC 7/7287: approved air ambulance flights. [...] All emergency/life saving flight (medical/law enforcement/firefighting) operations must coordinate with ATC prior to their departure [...] to avoid potential delays.
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 7:16 | comment | added | jwenting | @CGCampbell I'd guess if it were critical enough, but they'd no doubt try to accommodate through other means (maybe get an air force gulfstream in with a military crew. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 2:47 | comment | added | CGCampbell | However, even under a 'Presidential TFR', a justified MEDEVAC flight can still fly, yes? | |
| Jan 25, 2017 at 19:37 | comment | added | reirab | @jwenting Yeah, when I read this I was thinking 'priority' is quite the understatement to describe handling of Presidential transport flights. They get a TFR to mostly shut down the airspace and movement of everyone else on the field stops. | |
| Jan 25, 2017 at 12:09 | comment | added | jwenting | presidential flights would likely lead to a temporaty NOTAM and closed airspace around the time of arrival and departure (and in extreme cases presence), the ultimate priority clearance as he'd be the only aircraft in the pattern :) | |
| Jan 24, 2017 at 19:19 | history | answered | Pondlife | CC BY-SA 3.0 |