Hi all,
I am a new member here.Good day to you all.
I fly a heavy jet for a living.I seem to recall in the dark and distant past that there was a requirement to inform ATC (by means of a PAN call)in the London TMA if an aircraft had suffered any hydraulic failure.Clearly if the failure results in degraded flight control then at least a PAN is required.However,on the type I fly there is so much redundancy built-in that,for example,the loss of a single hydraulic system is an operational non-event.
If a crew volunteer to ATC that a single hydraulic failure has occured either prior to or within the London TMA is it then a requirement of ATC to "encourage" the aircraft to divert elsewhere?(rationale=built up area/blocked runway/etc).
Cheers
Ikarus
