737 off runway, Pearson Toronto

Happy Dog wrote:

Does it have to do with the attendant paperwork? Declaring an emergency
means a whole bunch of paperwork. The few times I've had a potentially
serious problem, ATC treated it as a potentially serious situation. In one
case it required rerouting landing airliner traffic. And, declaring an
emergency, for the pilot, means you can do pretty much anything you need to,
such as breaking regulations, to save the day. Isn't that what we're
taught?

What paperwork? This is one of those urban legends that just won't die.

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
Happy Dog wrote:

Does it have to do with the attendant paperwork?

What paperwork? This is one of those urban legends that just won't die.

http://www.avweb.com/news/system/183214-1.html

Is this article substantially incorrect?

moo

Happy Dog wrote:
What paperwork? This is one of those urban legends that just won't die.

http://www.avweb.com/news/system/183214-1.html

Is this article substantially incorrect?


My reading of the article indicates that there is rarely any paperwork for the
pilot. That was my experience with my T-34 incident. OTOH, when I crashed the
Lance, there was an ungodly amount of paperwork and a lengthy interview. The
difference was in the T-34 incident, there was no property damage and no injury.
In the Lance crash, there was both.

There was no certificate action with either.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
Happy Dog wrote:
What paperwork? This is one of those urban legends that just won't die.

http://www.avweb.com/news/system/183214-1.html

Is this article substantially incorrect?

My reading of the article indicates that there is rarely any paperwork for
the pilot. That was my experience with my T-34 incident. OTOH, when I
crashed the Lance, there was an ungodly amount of paperwork and a lengthy
interview.

I should have added "review". The point being that *something* significant,
bureaucratically speaking, happens when an emergency is declared that
doesn't happen when one isn't.

moo

Happy Dog wrote:

I should have added "review". The point being that *something* significant,
bureaucratically speaking, happens when an emergency is declared that
doesn't happen when one isn't.

But not, usually, to the pilot, and never to the pilot simply for declaring an
emergency.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:v0eIe.5638$b91.3279@trndny06...
Happy Dog wrote:

I should have added "review". The point being that *something*
significant, bureaucratically speaking, happens when an emergency is
declared that doesn't happen when one isn't.

But not, usually, to the pilot, and never to the pilot simply for
declaring an emergency.

Correct. I was mistaken. I always believed that declaring an emergency was
an "incident" (correct) and that, as such, *some* paperwork had to be filled
out.
The only time there is any paperwork is if you have to violate a rule, and
then only if the FAA asks for a report. I have heard, more than once,
pilots advising other not to declare unless absolutely necessary. I also
recall an incident where I had a passenger pass out for well over a minute
during some very mild acro (Lazy - 8). I mentioned to an instructor that I
was preparing to declare an emergency when the guy woke up. By "emergency",
I mean the whole routine. The instructor suggested that it would be
overreacting. I still disagree. The whole procedure would have taken
fifteen seconds, would have told authorities the problem, my intended action
and request for assistance and freed me up to deal with the problem proper.

FAR 91.3

(c) Each pilot in command who deviates from a rule under paragraph (b) of
this section shall, upon the request of the Administrator, send a written
report of that deviation to the Administrator.

Research first. Mouth later.

moo

Happy Dog wrote:
The only time there is any paperwork is if you have to violate a rule, and
then only if the FAA asks for a report.


Not quite. If there's an accident with injuries you're going to be filling out
paperwork assuming you're still alive.


recall an incident where I had a passenger pass out for well over a minute
during some very mild acro (Lazy - 8). I mentioned to an instructor that I
was preparing to declare an emergency when the guy woke up. By "emergency",
I mean the whole routine. The instructor suggested that it would be
overreacting. I still disagree.


As do I. The fellow may have been having a heart attack or a stroke... you
don't know. It's like when a family member complains about chest pain: do you
call for an ambulance or throw them in the car? Well, if they code , what are
you going to do? Watch them die? Wreck the car? Hell, no. Wait for the
ambulance ALWAYS unless somebody competent is available to tend them all the
way.

In the air, your first concern should be to get back on the ground ASAP. That
will probably require priority treatment from ATC, so declare your emergency
and get down. A loss of consciousness for more than a few seconds is very
significant... lazy eights just don't pull any Gs to speak of that would explain
it. Whoever that guy was had some significant health issues that needed
immediate assessment and treatment, even if he did come back to life after a
minute or two. He had more events in his future if he didn't get this
investigated. Loss of consciousness just isn't a normal event under those
circumstances.

As a registered nurse and pilot, I think your first impulse was correct. Your
instructor lacked either the experience or the imagination to give you good
advice on this one.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:v0eIe.5638$b91.3279@trndny06...
Happy Dog wrote:

I should have added "review". The point being that *something*
significant,
bureaucratically speaking, happens when an emergency is declared that
doesn't happen when one isn't.

But not, usually, to the pilot, and never to the pilot simply for
declaring an
emergency.


Unless the declared emergency stems from a violation of the FAR's.

"Matt Barrow"
But not, usually, to the pilot, and never to the pilot simply for
declaring an
emergency.


Unless the declared emergency stems from a violation of the FAR's.

Example?

moo

Matt Barrow wrote:

But not, usually, to the pilot, and never to the pilot simply for
declaring an emergency.

Unless the declared emergency stems from a violation of the FAR's.

In that case, the pilot has not simply declared an emergency. The pilot has
violated FARs.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.