We are not talking about !!!!e hits the fan stuff. Ie engine ruff running and the like, its simple tech problems, which may but proberly won't cause a problem. And under the MEL for the aircraft type would not bar it from dispatch.
But the issue i am getting at is WHO is the definer of what is an emergency is and what status an aircraft is in.
The ANO is very precise in this it is the aircraft Commander.
The MATS part 1 says differently to the ANO which is a legal document defined by parliment and the MAT's part 1 isn't.
Who is in command of the aircraft and its status?
Which is niether by the by if the commander decides not to tell you apart for a MOR item. Which there is remarkably few things legally we don't have to tell you.
I am playing devils advocate, you guys want to told but then you then take the command. Then pilots won't tell you and you bitch that they didn't tell you earlier. You can say your in the moral right but its "peter calls wolf"
Do you know the minimal equipment, instruments and lights required for day VFR flight? its remarkably low. Its a pilots descions depending on the conditions, thier currency, the aircraft and the local airspace to remain legal.
By asserting your right under MAT's part 1 you are stabbing yourself in the foot. You have taken away the rights of a commander under the ANO.
MJ
Ps we are not talking PAX its GA.