Originally Posted by
Georg1na
"Screaming holy **** I had a midair would also get everyone’s attention."
I have had one and all I used was a Mayday call. Seemed to work......................
As did: "XYZ, downwind, la....EJECTING!" (Nth Yorks airfield late 70's/v early 80's.)
Like MPN11, I was responsible for briefing, in this case, the monthly Upper Heyford Instrument School on UK ATC procedures that included the use of MAYDAY and PAN. The crews' main concern appeared to be the anticipated and associated 'investigation' and paperwork involved in the use of these pre-fixes. Most appeared mightily reassured that that no such bureaucracy existed in the UK - at least not from the ATC side - anyway. A briefing on the UK's D&D system, and that you could upgrade/downgrade/cancel your emergency call, usually drew expressions of relief and confidence too.