Early nineties Philly to Orlando; B-757 copilot enjoying the conversation, looking forward to a night out in down town Orlando. I remember watching the TOD come and go but it did not register. Not much further down the road I noticed the Florida Coast appearing on my ND. This got my attention. I called and asked for a descent. No reply. Pulled out a chart, found the correct frequency and got hold of ATC. "Where yo bin?" quoth he "I missed the hand off from Jax" said I. "no kidding. We'll have to hold you to get you down" "Negative We can make it" interjected the captain. Make it we did and nothing more was said.
But... We missed both the hand off and the TOD.
To those that say no way can you loose radio contact remember there's them that have and those that will. This crew appears to have failed to follow the golden rule... it's not the mistake. it's the recovery that counts.
