"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Surely EMERGENCY is a more serious call than PAN? All the P-word does
is tell everyone: shut up and listen to what I have to say.

I thought P-P-P was equivalent to "MAYDAY", which (I thought??) is an
abbreviation for declaring an emergency.

No, "mayday" and "pan pan" are entirely distinct. See the AIM clauses that
have been cited throughout this thread.

--Gary