InTheWeeds
We had an incident at our training centre where an aircraft hit wires while
conducting low level training in an area of poor comms. The AC gave a MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY C/S x 3 position and intentions before putting down in a paddock.
Due to the poor comms the only portion of the call approach heard was
the call sign three times and the position. Lucky for the crew the ATCO on duty was pretty switched on. He made the D that the only time that a pilot says his C/S three times (in standard phrasology) is for MAYDAY/PAN. He launched the SAR chopper and ground rescue based only on that info.
The use of standard comms along with a well trained ATCO ensured a quick rescue of a downed crew.
Cool story bro.
To those fighting the use of standard phrasology... What does it hurt?
Show me where anyone has fought against the use of standard phraseology.