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ATC Handling of Low-Fuel American Flight
"Sam Spade" wrote in message ... You are absolutely correct. Airline pilots, as a group, tend to be the worst about this because of subtle company intimidation. ATC could have very well taken this as a declaration of minimum fuel, which is NOT a declaration of emergency. The magig words are, "American 123 is declaring an emergency." ATC response, "American 123 what is the nature of your emergency?" And, then the trolly is on the track. If ATC fails to respond to that properly and gives the run around, the pilot should then be resourceful to get them to understand they will give him what he needs. "Mayday, mayday, mayday" is one option that hopefully should not be needed. "We need to declare an emergency," a pilot radioed air traffic control. "We got a low fuel situation. We're not sure if it's a fuel leak or what, but we need to get on the ground, right away, please." |
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