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A 747 captain hit the mandatory retirement age of 60, so the old joke goes, and decided to get a job with Flight Express just to make a few bucks and to have something to do. Flight Express flies a fleet of Cessna 210's and Beechcraft Barons. He had just finished filing his first Part 135 IFR flight plan and the FAA Flight Service Station specialist asked him, "is there anything else I can do for you today, sir?"
"Yes," the former captain replied, "I'd like to go ahead and declare an emergency at this time."
"Declare an emergency?" The specialist was baffled. "But you haven't even taken off yet!"
"Son," the pilot replied, "I'm down to one engine, one flight crewmember, one set of vacuum gyros, one set of pitot-static instruments and one source of electrical power. I've got no autopilot, no flight director and no weather radar. In my business, that's what we call an emergency!"
"Yes," the former captain replied, "I'd like to go ahead and declare an emergency at this time."
"Declare an emergency?" The specialist was baffled. "But you haven't even taken off yet!"
"Son," the pilot replied, "I'm down to one engine, one flight crewmember, one set of vacuum gyros, one set of pitot-static instruments and one source of electrical power. I've got no autopilot, no flight director and no weather radar. In my business, that's what we call an emergency!"
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