in Ireland we do practice pans without pushing the ptt button, you just have to demonstrate that you're doing it as part of your PFL, but you don't transmit. I'm surprised that this isn't a practice across the EU
So are you really required to say the phrase "Practice Pan" across the cockpit? I can't see the point of that at all. If required to demonstrate how you would make a real urgency call, surely saying "Pan Pan" x 3 would be more appropriate?