Originally Posted by
Frozentech
. They can connect over radio link to a service run by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and have trained medical personnel talk them through an event.
My understand is that this is a pretty well thought out program. Of course, they still have limited resources plus are limited to what can be told to them (although I suppose a video link is possible these days). I think they are basically deferring to UPMC whether or not to divert the plane.