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The autopilot declares an emergency via transponder code and radio calls, which means suddenly everything else in the sky is moved out of your way for you and y
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
The autopilot declares an emergency via transponder code and radio calls, which means suddenly everything else in the sky is moved out of your way for you and you're given near-exclusive use of whatever airport the autopilot picks.
This does not bring us closer to "flying cars."
- moffkalast 5y agoYou mean like when cars turn on emergency blinkers any everything moves out of your way?
- KennyBlanken 4y agoA pilot declaring an in-flight emergency gets near authority over the airspace they are in. After confirming the declaration fuel/passenger count, the next question a controller usually asks is "what are your intentions?", ie "what are you going do, so we can get everyone out of your way?" I've never heard a controller get more authoritative than politely ask the pilot if they'll consider something or are able to do something.