Originally Posted by
frozenboxhauler
"We "need" to declare an emergency" and "We "are" declaring and emergency" are two different things. fbh
Disagree. Close enough for the win on Jeopardy.
My suggested response to "unable 17" in this case would be,
"For the tape, American 489, emergency aircraft, 10 mile final, landing 17, acknowledge."
I think that's what I would have tried to say, but of course I wasn't there. MEM ATC, what should he have said?
P.S. (For MEM ATC) What's the latest on the midnight crew?