The Importance of the MAYDAY
Quote from the individual controller at La Guardia working - "Sully" Hudson Splash 1549 in 2011.
"When a pilot says Mayday or declares an emergency, you go from a focused state to a hyper-focused state. You focus in on the emergency and figure out the solution to the problem".
How sad there was no MAYDAY at Medellin, (better) early or (worse) late.