On Apr 19, 1:13*am, Andy Hawkins wrote:


That's my current bug-bear actually. The only exam I've got left to do
(apart from the Skills test) is the R/T practical. On this, unless you're
word perfect on the Mayday call you've failed, but what are the odds of a
controller ignoring your mayday because you forgot (for example) your pilot
qualifications in the mayday call?



The format is defined as it improves accurarcy and rate of info
transfer. The pilot qualification is not part of the mayday for that
reason. Strangely I was not taught the "mayday relay" format in PPL
but it is used in boating and elsewhere.

Cheers