Stubby wrote:

wrote:
Y'know, I get a kick out of this statement...although I've flown
in the busuness end of aircraft for 25-26 years while logging
13,000 hours of flying time, I've NEVER heard any pilot say
"Mayday" on air ever, not once in all that time!

Well, you can't hear everything! :-)

I've declared mayday twice, got all the help I needed.
I'm here to say it works, and I will use it again, at need.

It is troublesome when otherwise intelligent persons say, "It never
happened to me, so it can't happen to anyone anywhere in the world."
That's just bad logic. I wonder what all the experience has taught him.


C'mon guys...where did I say that it never happens?...huh?...I
said that in all that time I had never heard it while at the same
time I'll add that I've likely heard at least 15 or 20 "We're
declaring an emergency and requesting immediate clearance to...".

Now, I'm only one guy of course, and that's been MY experience.
It's quite possible that someone out there has heard more
'maydays' than otherwise but I'd be surprised...

I've just found that experienced aircrews are somewhat pragmatic
and tend to avoid the melodramatic...I think most people who have
extensive experience in these fields will agree...
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)