A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:


If it was a vector, that changes the whole story.

That is the story, the original basis for the question...what do you do
if while on a vector you go Nordo.




Oh, I agree. ATC would never vector a plane like that, don't
get me wrong.



ATC vectors like that everyday. You can't get into Denver, Salt Lake,
Boise, Kalispell, Butte, Missoula and a lot of other places efficiently
without being vectored. And if you go Nordo you better realize it
because you are well below the terrain within 20 miles of you.