On Apr 20, 5:34*am, Andy Hawkins wrote:


One of my instructors (a very experienced RAF pilot) actually advocated
making the mayday call and then switching the radio off in the case of an
engine failure, as otherwise the military unit we'd likely be talking to
would probably want all sorts of other information, and my attention could
best be spent dealing with the problem at hand.



That would be very dumb. Suppose their question was "Where are you?"
Just rememeber flying the plane always comes first.

Cheers