"Alert 2" landing?

PropDriver said:
I have never even heard of an alert 2 landing
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Alert refers to ATC/Airport Ops/ARFF classification of an aircraft with an emergency.

Alert 1 is declared when an aircraft has a minor emergency reported of some type.....generally that aircraft will land and taxi off or back under its own power.

Alert 2 is declared when there's an emergency declared for something major, such as loss of a hydraulic system, electrical problems, landing gear emergencyt extension, etc. An aircraft landing out of this generally will have ARFF vehicles staged and following, and will likely not taki back on its own.

Alert 3 is declared when an actual accident has occurred or is known to going to be occurring. Aircraft inbound with an actual inflight fire, a plane that cant get its landing gear extended, etc. ARFF will be staged and ready to go and support units called up and ready.
 
So, having this knowledge as a pilot, would it be acceptable to specify your alert level to ATC/ARFF? Would ARFF frown upon pilots determining their own classification, or would they appreciate the extra bit of info about the situation?
 
MikeD said:
Alert refers to ATC/Airport Ops/ARFF classification of an aircraft with an emergency.

Alert 1 is declared when an aircraft has a minor emergency reported of some type.....generally that aircraft will land and taxi off or back under its own power.

Alert 2 is declared when there's an emergency declared for something major, such as loss of a hydraulic system, electrical problems, landing gear emergencyt extension, etc. An aircraft landing out of this generally will have ARFF vehicles staged and following, and will likely not taki back on its own.

Alert 3 is declared when an actual accident has occurred or is known to going to be occurring. Aircraft inbound with an actual inflight fire, a plane that cant get its landing gear extended, etc. ARFF will be staged and ready to go and support units called up and ready.
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Experienced a few of those at KPBI myself when I worked in the Operations Dept.



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TFaudree_ERAU said:
So, having this knowledge as a pilot, would it be acceptable to specify your alert level to ATC/ARFF? Would ARFF frown upon pilots determining their own classification, or would they appreciate the extra bit of info about the situation?
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ATC will classify it based on what you report. They'll want to know the nature of the emergency anyhow, so it's best just to provide that.
 
FM_Weasel said:
ATC will classify it based on what you report. They'll want to know the nature of the emergency anyhow, so it's best just to provide that.
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Correct. The Alert status is not necessarily a pilot or aircrew oriented function. It's actually transparent to the aircrew. It's a function specific to ATC, ARFF units, and airport Ops.
 
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