Not sure if time would really permit a mayday call shortly after takeoff with an
engine failure on a twin???
Aviate
Navigate
Communicate.
This baffles me if reports are correct???
And they are probably not...
Yeah, we all know the theory of ANC. I would cut the bloke some slack - maybe, just maybe in the heat of what must have been a bit of a tricky situation (putting it mildly), when things weren't going right, the poor fella - perhaps aware of their impending doom, broke the
rules of ANC and just pressed the button and said the words - in the vain hope, with nothing left to try, that it might do something for them.
It's an easy thing to have a go at him about - all too easy sitting in front of your computer.