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.
Wrong on all accounts. He definitely said "did." And they obviously acknowledged the Mayday. In addition, statements such as "That's lovely," could be very hard to understand in America. We don't say things like that. Lol.