Guys
I wouldn't bother trying to explain SOPs to people who obviosly have no idea how to handle such a situation in a safe and effective way as determined by a company's training department...
Mayday?? Overdoing it by a good margin.
45 minutes in the air?
ATC considerations nil.
I can understand it would be embarassing if one leant on the wrong switch while busy with a hostess
Yeah, full of embarassing switches these airliners. Glad we have plenty of ex-mil guys to keep us honest.
some people would complain if fuel was dumped over, say, Crawley
And civvi pilots wouldn't be able to follow instructions for where to dump fuel.....
why don't airliners have fuel jettison?
As some do the question is unanswerable.
PP