Cancel a mayday??

[chriskeev]

Just accidently called a mayday trying to do something else - is there a way to 'cancel' it without any effect??

[lightrail]

Radio the controler and tell them - Oh, so sorry, no problem - hit the wrong squawk code.

Sort of like Virgin Atlantic learning that accidentally squawking 7500 leads to being turned away from US airscape and a pair of Canadian
fighter jets escorting you down to the runway.

[SWAFO]

NO! This has been discussed previously. Basically, we came to this conclusion:

If you accidentally declare a mayday, or for some reason need to cancel the mayday after it's been declared, it's TOO late! You've
already got everyone worried, and panicking, and if you were to cancel it afterwards, you'd still be in a world of trouble. During a real life
non-normal/possible emergency situation, we verify that what we're facing is a definite issue that requires radioing the appropriate
emergency/distress message. In no case should you declare an emergency if you're not 100% POSITIVE that an emergency exists that
requires a radio call. This is one mistake we can't afford to make. Especially now (post 9/11)... you're royaly screwed if you change your
mind on an emergency situation!

So in short, no a mayday can't be cancelled. Once it's declared, you're commited to the appropriate emergency procedures. If you find
yourself accidentally "bumping" the keys (kind of hard, considering you'd "accidentally" have to bump the CTRL key, SHIFT key, and M key
all at the same time)

With the modern day intelligence of most people, you can't put anything past anyone. I'm sure it could happen!



Post Edited ( 08-20-05 01:02 )

[Navymmw]

what happened to the virgin atlantic plane?

[tangoecho]

I did that by mistake, (Ctrl-shift-M) thinking it was the movie. (frightened the pax no end, for nothing)

Stu...



Post Edited ( 10-20-05 22:33 )

[smartboy4]

Navymmw wrote:
what happened to the virgin atlantic plane?

I want to know too

[JayKae]

http://www.fspassengers.com/?action=faq&question=22
http://www.fspassengers.com/?action=faq&question=21

Here is some answers for you

[SWAFO]

I believe Dan will be updating the FAQ with my responses about "un-declaring" an emergency. Just check there!

Hint: A link to it is at the bottom of my signature