Danny Deger writes:

I had a generator drop off line on an F4-E once. Everything else was
working perfectly. Unfurtunately, the Air Force had just passed a rule that
a failed generator was an emergency. I had to declare an emergency for a
stupid single generator failure on a two engine airplane. Needless to say,
I didn't need the army of yellow trucks standing by the side of the runway
when I landed.

Better to be required to declare unnecssarily than to be forbidden to declare
when it's necessary. Better safe than sorry.

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