Originally Posted by
FlightDetent
No
JS, you are reading it the opposite way around. Clearly
didn't. And the since the ATC is confused why no emergency declared at that point - he feels like there should be one - that leads to the fuzzy statement
assume he'd come back. Why? Because either the poor ATCO or his colleague before completely missed the 3x MAYDAY call.
Every single thing the BA said made perfect sense (to a pilot) and they went out of their way to be the smallest possible pain they could. BTW your profile is a bit economical with details, are you a pilot?
Once again, I read it as DID declare an emergency. Whether I am right or wrong really doesn't matter much anyways in terms of the outcome of this particular scenario. The more telling thing is how it demonstrates how easy it is for a single word to be misunderstood by two native speakers and a reminder to try to be very particular in clarity of wording. with ATC communication
I would be willing to bet large dollars that every active ATC controller in the US knows what MAYDAY means. It is possible that the MAYDAY call wasn't heard but I guarantee he knew what the term meant.
Feel free to read through my posts to see if I am a pilot. I think you will enjoy them.