Burnie5204
Why would the controller give you 2 hrs notice of something that may or may not happen?
You guys are supposed to drive withinin the limit of the law and if you drive outside said limit you are accountable for your actions!
Similarly the controller is accountable and it is perfectly reasonable to wait until, in this instance, the aircraft is descending through FL100.
A PAN PAN PAN call is given to alert the controller that something is amiss but not something that is immediately life threatening. On receipt of such a call the controller keeps a watchful eye (and Ear) on such flight but does not go into high distress/hysteria mode until so, or if, required.
You, on the other hand, overreact and go into 'Blues & Twos' when not necessary thus endangering life and limb of the ordinary public thru' watching and emulating too many TV dramas.
Cheers
Last edited by Vercingetorix; 17th Jun 2013 at 10:45.