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RTN11
Identify the problem
Action any vital actions
Action the Emergency checklist.
Then the acronym DODAR can come in:
Diagnose the problem,
discuss the Options as a crew (lets say for example a hydraulics problem, obviously you need to get the gear down, but do you want to do it right now or wait until you actually need it)
Decide on one of the options, and Allocate who is going to to what to put it into Action,
At the end Review the situation, was it the correct diagnosis? have you chosen the best option? is it progressing as you would expect?
at some point discussing with the cabin crew too, could be after emergency check list, or during the diagnosis, as they can have very useful input on the situation.
I had an EFATO whilst teaching in a vintage single a couple of years ago, and successfully managed it. (Successful = both walked away, no additional damage to aircraft).
As a bit of therapy, as this did rather shake me up. I wrote the whole thing down, and subsequently went through it with a friend who is a CRMI and who has the dubious pleasure of putting me and various colleagues through a multi-crew refresher annually.
We decided that I'd been through DODAR, but not once - 4 times as the situation developed and I kept changing plan for changing circumstance.
It works.
G