"Newps" wrote in message
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Jim Macklin wrote:
The rule does not require the pilot to say the "magic words" to have an
emergency, nor does it mean that if the words are not spoken an emergency
does not exist. The rules also require a report IF traffic priority is
given. The tower saw that you were doing something out of the ordinary.
They may have extended another airplane [perhaps an airliner] and if the
airline asked why their fuel bill was $1,000 higher and 10 minutes late,
the tower needs your statement, really just a N-number, name to CYA.

You're just makin' this **** up. Nowhere does it spell out that if you do
something "unusual" does that then require a report. In the situation
where the gear light failed you ask to have a little manuvering space to
check it out. We give you that and you tell us it was the bulb. You get
the equipment as a matter of course. Whether you think it is an emergency
or not is irrelavant, we do so therefore it is an emergency. You land
safely and there are two lines on the daily log.

Let's see: He says virtually the same thing and he's "making **** up"?

Read it again and, this time, don't just skim it.

Fiorst line states that N12345 has gear difficulty and that the trucks
were rolled. Second line states you landed safely. That's it and the end
of it. That log, like all daily logs, gets kept for a year. They are not
forwarded on to anybody. You will not be asked for a report. If there is
an incident or accident you may be called by the tower for some
information. We had one of the local C310's that is used by a 135 air
taxi outfit to deliver bank checks everyday fold up its right main three
weeks ago on landing. Gear ups are by definition an incident and not an
accident. Normally the airport and FBO can get a gear up off the runway
pretty quickly however this time the owner of the plane demanded that they
lift up the plane using two cranes, like you're supposed to to prevent
further damage. It took an extra half hour to locate so the plane tied up
our main runway for over an hour. Many airliners, air taxi's and biz jets
in holding while all of this going on. We never talked to the pilot of
the 310 after the gear up, no need to. The fire truck guys have their own
paperwork but that has nothing to do with the FAA.

What is it about the controllers in here that they're ****house lawyers and
have their egos shoved so far up their ass?