Originally Posted by
SikPilot
"We need to declare an emergency" were his exact words. Im amazed that on a forum for airline pilots we can't even all agree the controller screwed up. The captain declared an emergency and got dicked around. That should NEVER happen. Can we all agree on that?
"We "need" to declare an emergency" and "We "are" declaring and emergency" are two different things. Did the Captain declare and emergency? I really don't know. Don't get me wrong, ATC should have dropped everything, but the verbage was not strong enough. You're right, SikPilot, this should never happen again.
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