Originally Posted by
homonculus
Away from the movies we do not suddenly need drugs and blood products.
I am a volunteer pilot with "Flights for Life". I have delivered platelets, whole blood, and COVID plasma many times in my PA-28 after responding to a page or text alert. Vitalent (formerly United Blood Services), and the hospitals they serve, think there is a need to urgently and quickly move blood products in Arizona. I suppose it could all be a ruse to encourage pilots to fly but when I fly a mission I assume the product is actually needed.