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Good point. Fly the aircraft first and aircraft have been operating NORDO since the dawn of flying so it is no big deal.
However we do have technology that did not exist when the flying school texts were written so it is IMO appropriate to use it
when it will not detract from the imperatives of maintaining control of the aircraft, maintaining a proper lookout and maintaining positional awareness.
I heard a story about a local guy who had comm failure in IMC recently. He had the IFR center number on speed dial and with his blue tooth Bose headset sync'd to his phone it was like calling from his house. Center kept the line opened and he was fitted into the standard arrival with exactly no effect on all the other traffic. ATC was most appreciative as in a traditional comm fail scenario they would have had to clear all the altitudes which would caused a significant disruption to the airline traffic in the area.
The irony was he did not even have to write down the clearances because the ATC supervisor backed up the verbal instructions with text messages
