Lonewolf50
So there you go, crab; now you actually know something that you didn't know before.
yes, I know that Megan disagrees with what you claim the USN use.
you say
In a radar environment (Radar Contact), or positive radio contact with a tower/RDO, standard procedure for a distressed or urgent situation is to declare an emergency.
An example of an emergency voice report in a radar environment or positive radio contact with a tower/RDO is as follows:
"[Call sign] is declaring an emergency. Chip light, 5 miles east of Brewton at 4,500 feet. Executing a Precautionary Emergency Landing at Brewton."
his post
Crab, when with the USN the standard MAYDAY/PAN applied, nothing else.
then you say
And advantage of using Mayday as a preface in one's R/T when declaring an emergency:
Even if you are already in contact with a controller, when you are communicating on a cluttered / very busy freq that has lots of radio traffic, you'll usually get most participants to STFU for a bit so that whomever called Mayday can get their message out.
so which is it? Use MAYDAY (as the rest of the world does) or have two different procedures depending on if you are VFR or under radar control?