<p>CDC Planes grounded states</p>
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<p>Players cannot move by direct, charter, or shuttle flight (or the event airlift).</p>
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<p>The First Responders ability is</p>
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<p>• As an action, you may move to any city with a research station.</p>
<p>• Immediately after an Epidemic, you may – out of turn – move to the epidemic city and Treat Disease there (before Infections).</p>
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<p>Neither of these abilities are a direct, charter or shuttle flight, and so should not be affected by planes being grounded.</p>
<p>This <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1329499/first-responder-question" rel="nofollow noreferrer">thread on boardgamegeek</a> comes to the same conclusion.</p>

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Clarified by the game designer in that thread
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<p>The emergency event <em>CDC Planes Grounded</em> prevents players from moving by flight actions, as well as the <em>Airlift</em> event. The rules denote some specific exceptions such as the Dispatcher's ability, but do not mention the First Responder or his ability to move out of turn after an Epidemic. Is that ability prevented by this emergency event?</p>

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Does the "CDC Planes Grounded" emergency event prevent the First Responder's ability?
mmathis
# Does the "CDC Planes Grounded" emergency event prevent the First Responder's ability?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-18)

The emergency event *CDC Planes Grounded* prevents players from moving by flight actions, as well as the *Airlift* event. The rules denote some specific exceptions such as the Dispatcher's ability, but do not mention the First Responder or his ability to move out of turn after an Epidemic. Is that ability prevented by this emergency event?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-27. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

CDC Planes grounded states

> Players cannot move by direct, charter, or shuttle flight (or the event airlift).

The First Responders ability is

> • As an action, you may move to any city with a research station.
>
> • Immediately after an Epidemic, you may – out of turn – move to the epidemic city and Treat Disease there (before Infections).

Neither of these abilities are a direct, charter or shuttle flight, and so should not be affected by planes being grounded.

This [thread on boardgamegeek](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1329499/first-responder-question) comes to the same conclusion.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Clarified by the game designer in that thread  

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