Because unless you clear the airspace, any clearance for an
aircraft in distress and declaring an emergency has to have
zero traffic conflicts.

They do that now, only for the President, a 30 NM radius.

DFW had lots of traffic, I'm pretty sure the AA flight got
the quickest landing possible.


"Sam Spade" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| From now on, from this day until Hell freezes over, only
ONE
| airplane allowed within 30 miles of any airport at any
time,
| this is the way they guarantee Air Force One immediate
| landing priority.
|
| Help me understand what all this has to do with the issue
of the AAL flight.
|