DAPT,
Yes.....have made a couple of very real Mayday Calls....but also know there are times that Call is the last thing I was concerned about for a while as I and the Crew were coping with some very difficult circumstances.
Try sitting in a cockpit that is on fire, the fire is hot enough and big enough to melt the sheet metal of the fuselage 30 feet aft of the fire, while you are IMC in mountainous terrain, with a Yaw Pedal shot out from under your foot and a bullet wound in your leg....seeing your clothes burn off....the skin on your hands bubble up and burst after the gloves burn off....and all the while deal with the loss of systems, and maintaining control of the aircraft and crew.......yes....we did not put out a Mayday Call immediately as we had other fish to fry and telling the World what was going on was not going to help one damn bit.
So....do wind your f@cking neck in will you?