Laurelhurst community council stopping Seattle Children’s Hospital from directly landing their helicopters AT the hospital..insane.

This should incite George Floyd level protests. Bring some chaos to their neat and tidy neighborhood, camp out, make a ton of noise, etc

https://preview.redd.it/7egvox63h7yg1.png?width=1576&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b8992eea834ddab4c15a459910dd50ea2479697

Looks like their website is currently undergoing some "scheduled" maintenance

POST THE CONTACTS

NIMBYism is a disease

That's pure evil. I have lived under the flight path of a Trauma ER twice (they moved and I'm still under their flight path lol) and all I think when I see a Flight For Life or any other medical flight is "I hope that person will be ok."

I bet it would’ve been different if it were their kids that needed it

As is HOAs weren’t already the most annoying fucks on earth, we now have these assclowns stopping children from getting care because it slightly inconveniences them

Just to add a little more flavor to this, I trained at Seattle Children’s. It’s not a level 1 trauma center, but it’s the primary pediatric tertiary care hospital serving Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. Many longer haul transports come in via fixed wing and land at Boeing field about 10 miles away. It’s very much a residential neighborhood, and can have serious traffic backups through the UW and Montlake Cut (eg Huskies football game, rush hour, etc). There is a committee that reviews all helicopter transport on a regular basis.

Tl;dr feels a lot like malicious, entitled snobbery

As someone who’s been aware and horrified by this policy for a long time, I’m glad it’s getting the attention it deserves. The idea that the care given to an ill child should be delayed to avoid annoying the very wealthy neighbors is abhorrent. Meanwhile, the neighborhoods that historically housed non-white residents have a variety of aircraft overhead every day.

Laurelhurst is a neighborhood, not a city. Where does the community council get the authority?