Originally Posted by
blizzue
How does my emergency jam you up? Genuinely curious what you mean by that.
Also, I only ever worry about one plane because I can only ever fly one plane. Common courtesy is one thing, but saying "I'm not going to declare because I don't want to inconvenience someone..." I think that's unproductive.
All that said: get the NOTAMS from dispatch and press on.
Well, if you are diverting to a major international airport and you declare an emergency for lack of NOTAMs, your "emergency" is jamming everyone up. Emergency authority is an important tool, don't be the boy who called wolf.