NotsoFantastic
Yes indeed I am an ATCO thank you for asking!! I apologise for using the 2 words 'fuel' and 'emergency' together. Of course I know there is no such thing as a 'fuel emergency'. there is however, as you rightly point out, the ability to call a PAN.
Your 'professional pilots are there to not have emergencies' statement is fairly obvious. However, things go wrong!! We are there to offer assistance when they do! I was merely questioning the logic of flying 50 miles to land, when the same result could be achieved in 20 miles by declaring a PAN. If it was not that serious why divert?
Point 7: Just a small point old chap, but LACC would not be controlling anybody in the OCK hold, that would be us in LTCC
