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I can understand pan pan, but do commercial airliners really call mayday that often? It seems that would be more of a GA thing.
by jfim 6y ago
I can understand pan pan, but do commercial airliners really call mayday that often? It seems that would be more of a GA thing.
- a3n 6y agoI'd turn that around. Airlines are very corporate, risk averse and liability aware. I would guess airline pilots are trained and reminded to declare emergencies in general and specific circumstances, or lose their job if not their aircraft. A GA pilot may not want to embarrass themselves in some circumstances. Is my guess. EDIT: I would further guess that there is some statistical regularity for airliner maydays, and pan pans.
- LinuxBender 6y agoThey do, though many of them will intentionally word it differently and try as hard as they can to not get flagged EM and have to explain it to their company. Sometimes ATC has to repeatedly ask them if they have an emergency or need assistance, meaning to roll the ground vehicles in place. I've repeatedly heard that the airline industry can be brutal to pilots. Even if they have 20k hours of perfect flight time with no incidents, one incident can ruin their career. No idea how true this is.