Do they do their own loadsheets ?,cause there aint much runway left when they get airborne.
i agree with 5milesbaby, in reality the paperwork for a mayday consists of an asr with a tick in the appropriate box to file it as an mor depending on which bit fell off ! takes about 15 mins.
Why we are all so concerned about mayday calls is beyond me, it's just a procedure like any other and thats it. I don't really see that if PIA had declared a mayday it would really affect their loads, i for one would think here's a company who take no chances after all they didn't build the aeroplane.