Originally Posted by
sonicbum
If You deviate from your clearance (SID) to fly your EOSID it means you require immediate assistance, otherwise you would just keep flying your SID or coordinate other routings with ATC. You can't just start turning all over the airspace and pretend people will read your mind on what your intentions are.
-No one on this thread suggests that you should 'just start turning all over the airspace'.
-Deviating from an SID is not an emergency in itself.
-Turn the question around, do you have less legal authority as a captain if you fail to call MAYDAY after an engine failure but otherwise communicate your intentions and situation?