Originally Posted by
hans brinker
As someone who over the course of 25 years has had more than their fair share of situations that required the emergency checklist, both operating/registered in the EU and the US, this is what I did and how it worked out:
I declared an emergency (Mayday x 3, or in the US "declaring an emergency").
We did what we needed to do.
We told ATC what we did/needed.
We landed safely.
We filed a report.
Never had any questions about doing it that way. I know it is only a sample of just over 10, but still...
Did exactly the same, mayday declared following an engine shutdown due to bird strike in approach and unrecoverable engine stall. Lots of paperwork and that was it.