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Old 6th Jan 2024, 15:09
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I often read comms transcripts from US events and there seems a reluctance to use ICAO standard phraseology. "We are an emergency" doesn't have the gravitas of a mayday call which I thought was what it should have been.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67899564
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