Pan or Mayday
Its all about the C word......communication!! At my airport we had a harrier this week Mayday, in IMC ,engine fire caption(with smoke)! and ATC all worked well to get him down safely with c/b around 500ft. I have called a Pan when ive been sent away on solo x country many moons ago in northern Scotland with marginal weather and came very close to merging with Duncansby Head. Only a pilot can tell you his prob , how u interpret it is another question!! I know its a GA website but imagine yourself IMC with a serious emergency at 400kts or 90 kts!! Your workload high and your brain in oveload! He didnt eject(which his FRCs advised) simply because he couldnt see where the jet would crash. Lessons in GA world what we would I do faced with that prob? Im going up to fly unusual situations and practice emergencies! soz drifted from thread a bit!