Originally Posted by
m0nkfish
Well thats all pilots put back in their place by you then. What would actually be achieved by declaring a Mayday in such a circumstance I wonder, over and above the communication that appears to have taken place in this situation, where the pilot informed ATC of damage to the leading edge of the wing.
You must live in a strange world, or really think ATC are stupid, if you believe that 'declaring a mayday' would have changed anything. Or maybe you don't actually fly and just watch loads of flying movies.
How do you know the pilot didn't consider alternative airports?
Did you maybe consider that returning to a familiar airfield makes a lot of sense after this kind of event?
As for 'its called learning, thats aviation', the sensible people will wait for the facts before jumping to radical conclusions.
Yeah, right, I just watch movies.
Go back up the thread and you see someone ask about other airports. Immediately, you experts jump on the person asking the question as some sort of personal offence. Personally, I think that was a good question. Seems that not many of you give a rats about who you are flying over. The fact of the matter is, that Avalon has a longer runway and there is no built up area to fly over to land there if there are any concerns about the integrity of the airframe and avoiding built up areas.
But hey, why give a **** about who you fly over. Make your decision to fly over as many houses as possible if you ever have an airframe problem.
Brilliant.
Now if you don't mind I have to go back to my Top Gun viewing..