Well, whilst a "mayday" call is drilled into all of us from day one of taking a flying lesson, to nominate to all and sundry that an emergency is occurring, I don't really have a problem with someone not declaring an emergency in certain circumstances, due to time constraints, like this one for instance!
But, for some of the turkeys on this thread to state that one should never follow any procedures, under any circumstances, belies belief!
Amateur posters on a professional pilots forum really are a pain in the A*se!!
By the way, does anybody think the release of the CVR tapes to the World is an invasion of privacy?
I certainly do, and I suspect the crew might also!