Sully managed it OK..suggest you ask him.
I don't think he bothered with 'company procedures'.
I still maintain to fly an aircraft with these problems around the M25 was reckless to say the least when straight ahead was a large airport with all the infrastructure available to cope.
A simple mayday call asking to divert to Brize and you'd have help coming out of your ears.
Last edited by Ye Olde Pilot; 2nd Jun 2013 at 22:16.