If only things were so orderly in our world that a checklist could be produced for things like an RTO or any other emergency. Controllers know their responsibilities and know which tools their have at their disposal to assist in handling the problem. How we get from the start of the incident to (hopefully) a successful conclusion is down to the individual ATCO taking all the factors into account and dealing with it in what they consider to be the best way. No checklist - just making it up as we go along (nothing new there anyway
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As mentioned above, if the crew can say something like "no assistance required" or if there's any possibility of something serious occuring "request assistance", that would greatly help us in making the most critical decision (AFS callout or not), and stops us having to trouble you at a time when flightdeck workload is very high. So a quick call like that can save all concerned a great deal of hassle.
[ 26 November 2001: Message edited by: U R NumberOne ]