HMR
I Live by the River.
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Good point. I used to fly premie babies to KSJC for an air-ambulence operator. One time I was holding short at Shreveport, LA and copying down my third or so re-route. The nurses in back were working harder than usual trying to stabalize this tiny little baby. One of them yelled "this kid's dying we gotta go now!" I relayed the message to the tower. A minute later we were cleared for takeoff with instructions to "turn left direct San Jose". We literally flew straight the whole way. I think we flew right over Edward's AFB. I had never seen anything like it even on other LifeFlights.2000flyer said:As for getting direct anywhere....hardly. Out west (less traffic?) the folks at ARTCC are more "giving" when it comes to direct routings. I've always wondered how, say, Seattle center will give me direct Atlanta, but Atlanta will never give me direct Seattle
2000Flyer
PS- I checked a few weeks later and the baby was doing fine. Thanks ATC.