Air Ambulance/Jet to transplant center -- anyone done this?

Hi, I am currently about to be listed for tx at UPMC but I live in Boston. I have almost finished my evaluation and expect to be active on the list within a week or so. We have set up air ambulance with Angel MedFlight but we have to have "backups" in the unlikely case that they can't get there. I have 4 hours to get from Boston-->Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is 1:20 away, but no company can 110% guarantee something, so backups are necessary. We are calling places (my mom is helping me) and are getting a handle on it, but I was just wondering if any of you out there had done this too. Who did you use? Was the process streamlined? Any tips? What was it like when you actually got the call and went on the plane? I actually did an air ambulance transfer from Brigham and Women's in Boston to UPMC in March -- but it was not time sensitive, i was just being transferred via airplane because i was inpatient and needed to go there for testing. So I do know what the planes are like, etc., I am just more curious about how it all happens when the clock is ticking.. thanks! Caitlin
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