"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Maybe Steve can elucidate what it means when ATC asks you if you would
like to declare an emergency and what happens when you do. I think at
least
part of it is calling out the emergency equipment on the ground.


I can't personally recall a controller asking a pilot if he'd like to
declare an emergency. I don't believe FAAO 7110.65 ever directs a
controller to ask a pilot if he'd like to declare an emergency. It does say
an emergency can be declared by the controller as well as a pilot. Pilots
are often hesitant to declare an emergency, but I've never known a
controller to be. In situations that have the properties of an emergency
ATC tends to treat it as an emergency without advising the pilot.