On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:25:54 -0400, Tim
wrote:

First, the regs explicitly sanction "making up your own stuff" (as you
put it) in emergency situations, which lost comm in IMC can easily give
rise to.
How is this an emergency?

While losing comm in IMC alone might not qualify as an emergency, more
likely than not it is caused by a more serious malfunction (alternator
failure or even an electrical fire). As without comms the controller
has no way of knowing if that is the case, he is going to vector
everybody out of your area anyway.

Every controller I have discussed this situation with (OK, I'm talking
about Germany here, but the regulations in this case are essentially
the same) told me that the best course of action would be to land
asap.

Imagine losing comm five minutes after takeoff for a three hour flight
in the soup, at night, over mountains. Would you really continue or
simply land at the airport you have just departed from? My certificate
would be the least of my worries, but then you could still quite
easily make an argument for emergency authority, IMHO.

Tobias