Mayday, Mayday, Mayday
“In short, if you own it or have responsibility for it—you have an obligation to communicate when the circumstances warrant.” If you’ve ever been listening to a guard frequency and heard a mayday call you probably will never forget the emotional distress and anxiety communicated in that message. Most people in distress cannot control the anxiety in their voice. I’ll never forget the very first SAR (Search and Rescue) case I went on. I was a Coast Guard helicopter co-pilot f

