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Originally Posted by surreal1221  If you do indeed go NORDO, is that not classified as an emergency, and thus a phone call(or contact) to(or with) the Air Traffic Manager not required? |
AFAIK, NORDO is not =automatically= classified as an emergency. But even if it were, remember that emergency authority only lets you "deviate from any rule of this part
to the extent required to meet that emergency."
Supposing good airplane, clearly understood route, how much deviation is really needed to meet "ooh! there's no one to talk to!"
I'm really not minimizing the serious nature of lost comm in actual, especially since lost comm rarely happens all by itself. It may be the early signs of a more serious problem.
And remember that when you do deviate because of an emergency, you only need to make a report "upon the request of the Administrator."