Captain
Final Approach
Well I did something new today. Normally I fly business folk to meetings or the rich to play golf or yacht or whatever rich people do. But today I flew a box. It was a white cardboard box about a foot and a half square weighing 20 pounds or so.
Inside the box was a liver from someone in Little Rock Arkansas who I assume had recently died. But I was taking it to someone still alive. Someone ill never meet.
We advised ATC of our MEDEVAC status and got the most amazing direct routing I've ever seen. 700 plus miles to the next fix and that fix was 7 miles from the destination. We landed and met a doctor in a white doctor jacket and scrubs along with a technician. They shook our hands and took the box into their car and drove away. As I type these words I imagine the surgery is finishing up as they took the box about 4 hours ago.
I have to admit I feel pretty good about being a small part of possibly saving someone's life. I imagine a waiting room full of family relieved their loved one finally made it to the top of some donor list and happy to hear about a corporate plane speeding their dads new liver across the country.
Thought I'd share.
Inside the box was a liver from someone in Little Rock Arkansas who I assume had recently died. But I was taking it to someone still alive. Someone ill never meet.
We advised ATC of our MEDEVAC status and got the most amazing direct routing I've ever seen. 700 plus miles to the next fix and that fix was 7 miles from the destination. We landed and met a doctor in a white doctor jacket and scrubs along with a technician. They shook our hands and took the box into their car and drove away. As I type these words I imagine the surgery is finishing up as they took the box about 4 hours ago.
I have to admit I feel pretty good about being a small part of possibly saving someone's life. I imagine a waiting room full of family relieved their loved one finally made it to the top of some donor list and happy to hear about a corporate plane speeding their dads new liver across the country.
Thought I'd share.
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