"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:v0eIe.5638$b91.3279@trndny06...
Happy Dog wrote:

I should have added "review". The point being that *something*
significant, bureaucratically speaking, happens when an emergency is
declared that doesn't happen when one isn't.

But not, usually, to the pilot, and never to the pilot simply for
declaring an emergency.

Correct. I was mistaken. I always believed that declaring an emergency was
an "incident" (correct) and that, as such, *some* paperwork had to be filled
out.
The only time there is any paperwork is if you have to violate a rule, and
then only if the FAA asks for a report. I have heard, more than once,
pilots advising other not to declare unless absolutely necessary. I also
recall an incident where I had a passenger pass out for well over a minute
during some very mild acro (Lazy - 8). I mentioned to an instructor that I
was preparing to declare an emergency when the guy woke up. By "emergency",
I mean the whole routine. The instructor suggested that it would be
overreacting. I still disagree. The whole procedure would have taken
fifteen seconds, would have told authorities the problem, my intended action
and request for assistance and freed me up to deal with the problem proper.

FAR 91.3

(c) Each pilot in command who deviates from a rule under paragraph (b) of
this section shall, upon the request of the Administrator, send a written
report of that deviation to the Administrator.

Research first. Mouth later.

moo