Jim Macklin wrote:

If you were the pilot with the low fuel and had declared an
emergency, would you want a downwind straight in or an
expedited downwind and base/final if both took the same
time? What if the straight in takes 30 seconds longer while
traffic clear your flight path?

Have all pilots turned blonde?

I want the runway I have decided is best for me. If I could have landed
30 seconds sooner on some other runway let them show me that at the hearing.

I would like to think I would have had it right.