Maybe, how much time was available? If the AA plane was in
DFW approach airspace, it was maybe 5-6 minutes out, how
long would clearing all the other traffic take?

On a busy day at Wichita, there might be three other
aircraft, at DFW, it would be dozens. How long does it
take?
BTHOOM, but it does take some measurable time.
ATC has limitations, they can be UNABLE just as pilots can
be unable. If the AA plane was over Ardmore, then DFW had
plenty of time, if the AA plane was close-in, there would
not be time to clear the space.

A PIC request/demand does not alter time.



"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| Only after the other traffic was out of the way. IF
[the
| unknown none of us know] the plane was a 5 minute out
| straight in to 17 and it would take 11 minutes to clear
all
| the other airplanes out of the way, a hold would be
| required.
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| What was the traffic count and where was each airplane,
| which way do you turn them so they don't collide with
the
| airplane in distress or each other, what traffic was at
the
| other airports on the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and how
would it
| be effected?
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| So far, only the President of the United States gets
| airspace that clear, all the time.
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| The other traffic would be out of the way by the time the
plane arrived..
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