Originally Posted by
gearlever
To my understanding declearing an emergency (7700) rests solely with the commander.
Originally Posted by
simmple
FFS even if the problem is minor and atc “ask” you to squark 7700 why would you just not do it instead of having a p@##&)g contest about who is in charge, command, the boss etc!
When I was training to be a controller for Eurocontrol we were definitely trained how to declare an emergency for an aircraft, also in the USA the dispatcher can declare an emergency, and I would not be surprised if the same is true over there.