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DE727UPS · February 21st, 2005, 00:30

"but if you are in IMC you will get into BIG trouble if you deviate from your clearance."

I disagree. Why is it I'm always disagreeing with flyguy? You are not in big trouble and I wonder if you entertained this option to them:

The lost comm reg is really long and involved. The catch all, in the favor of the PIC, is to simply declare an emergency and do what seems safest. If you don't declare an emergency, you are bound by the IFR lost comm reg. You can declare and emergency to yourself, under your breath, and it carries the same regulatory weight as squawking 7700.

Then...just follow the safest course of action for the moment. ATC will get the clue when they can't talk to you, you don't talk to them, they see 7700.

February 21st, 2005, 00:30	#17
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,578	Re: What Would You Do? "but if you are in IMC you will get into BIG trouble if you deviate from your clearance." I disagree. Why is it I'm always disagreeing with flyguy? You are not in big trouble and I wonder if you entertained this option to them: The lost comm reg is really long and involved. The catch all, in the favor of the PIC, is to simply declare an emergency and do what seems safest. If you don't declare an emergency, you are bound by the IFR lost comm reg. You can declare and emergency to yourself, under your breath, and it carries the same regulatory weight as squawking 7700. Then...just follow the safest course of action for the moment. ATC will get the clue when they can't talk to you, you don't talk to them, they see 7700.