Getting back to the original question, Pitts said (slightly off-topic):
A pilot declard a PAN yesterday at Popham. I think he had just taken off from Popham, engine started running rough, turned around and put her back down after declaring a PAN
Then Genghis asked:
I was within rights to declare a Pan, and it would have saved me some money apparently. Would it have changed anything else?
I suggest that yes, it might possibly have done so. For example, if the pilot Pitts heard happened to be returning to the same airport as you diverted in to, at around the same time, and both of you had declared a Pan, perhaps the other pilot might not have got the priority over you which he required???
FFF
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