Seems to me that Nigel is right to question the use of the term "Full Emergency". What could be the difference between an emergency and a full emergency??? Do you have time for a smoke and a cup of tea when it iis a mere "emergency"
At a time when ATC encourage pilots to be as concise as possible with R/T they are the very ones who tend to be more verbose at times. Example............"Cathay xxx is ready to start"....."Cathay xxx, are you FULLY ready?" ...........(sighs) "Yes, Cathay xxx is FULLY ready".
What the **** is the difference between being ready and being FULLY ready???????????
What the **** is the difference between an emergency and a FULL emergency??????????
Perhaps we should start to transmit FULL Maydays, tell ATC that we are FULLY maintaining FL300..........
