As for IO540 and I, I suspect we'll both stick to our own, carefully thought out, instructor-advised, and experience-gained ways...
Ah - now you claim that your instructors have advised you to use a mobile phone whilst airborne?
If you can't tell the difference between use of a mobile phone
in a genuine emergency situation (when all rules go out of the window anyway in the interests of safety) and flying with the intent of using a mobile phone, to the extent of buying an adaptor so you can chat to your mates, then there's not a lot of hope.
I am very far from being a skygod. I have been caught out by unexpected weather, once. It was about 20 years ago. I learned from that. I leanred not to get into such situations, and in situations such as you describe, press-on-itis is the worst reaction possible. Yet, strangely, it is the only course you describe.
Fuji, I don't particularly care where "the first place a pilot would look" is. The CAA and the government are not bound to place rules in "the first place" a pilot would look. As has already been pointed out, there is a lot of legislation that affects aviation that is elsewhere than the ANO. If someone can't be bothers to look elsewhere, then that is their lookout.
Yesterday and today, on behalf of one of my students, I was searching through EASA, ICAO and other legislation, even to searching through the Chicago Convention itself, for something that
appeared covered by the ANO. There was a suspicion by several of us that other legislation applied, so we went looking for it. Such action is clearly beyond those here who insist upon being spoonfed.
And, incidentally, PPL/CPL written exams are not the last word on any subject, either. We have found two incorrect answers to exam questions in the last week.
Katamarino, if you wish to continue the conversation further, please refrain from the insults.