"Pan Pan Pan Golf Blah Lost, Last known position Nottingham maintaining 3000 feet QNH".
"London Centre, this is Golf Blah, requesting a training fix maintaining 3000 feet QNH".
Can't see the difference meself. One is going to get his "Pan acknowledged" which will take 0.89 extra seconds. But then he's also going to get extra goodies such as beware of Glider Site 2 miles in your 2 o'clock and also the MSA. He's also going to be telling the truth.
You either know your position or don't and therefore you are either Lost or you aren't. You are not rehearsing nor teaching an r/t procedure and therefore are in no need of a training fix.
Commercial aviation is a vital export earner and net importer of wealth and jobs to UK Plc so please lets not have the Sunday Cessna brigade pontificating on issues of fuel taxation. And will you ladies get off being so offended by the terms horse****. It was merely a deftly used mildest of expletives deployed to harness an enthusiastic response on what is a fairly full topic. Don't take PPRuNe too seriously for heavens sake!
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