Does the CAA have to legislate for what should be (and is among the professional operators atleast) simply good practice?
Have a look at the video example given above. Here we have a professional crew who will have had less than 6 months since they handled all types of emergency and unusual situations in a very expensive simulator, flying a high performance aircraft with an engine failure situation where the engine that has failed is probably still producing some thrust..........was there any delay, was there any sense of hey we are climbing well, going into the special departure procedure, the fire is out we are VMC ah perhaps we will just call a PAN?..........No straight to the point - Mayday.
Where oh where is this reluctance to use the word Mayday on the R/T among non-professional pilots?
Is it seen as I asked previously to be some indication of Panic? Wrong!
Is it seen as the Pilot God Hero not having the right stuff? Wrong!
Is it seen as an over reaction to a situation? Wrong!
The only way the word Mayday can get you into trouble when you have an emergency is in the accident report that notes it's omission!
PPLs do not have the advantage of multi-crew and regular 6 monthly sim practice and (for the most part) being absolutely current with the aircraft. Thus an engine failure is more of a problem.
Finally, the engine failure is only the start of the problems. Why not get the help you want to land at the nearest suitable aerodrome? Or is anyone thinking that they would not immediately divert in that situation?
Regards,
DFC