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Old 1st May 2011 | 09:01
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VJW
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How about the old golden rule of aviate, navigate, communicate?

Why are people so fixated on calling a mayday, when flying the plane and fixing the problem is more important then telling ATC initially you have a problem.

In RYR we use PIOSEE, NITS, PA - which I think is pretty good at keeping it all coordinated.

P Problem
I Information
O Options
S Select (an option)
E Execute
E Evaluate

Once this is done, tell cabin crew using the NITS brief

N Nature of emergency
I Intentions
T Time available
S Special instructions (SOS/ditching demo etc)

Then PA to pax.
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