Hi Steven,

So Air Traffic will shut down everything in reasonable distance of the
aircrafts routing until such time it lands its destination or a call is
received from the pilot saying he is on the ground after landing in vmc
conditions?

If this is the case (which I really hope it is) why are we taught that, in
the event of lost comms we are supposed to commence an approach at the ETA
or EFC time? Surely air traffic want us on the ground as soon as possible
to get us out of the way and to start the flow of normal traffic again.
Strange that pilots are taught one thing and air traffic follow slightly
different procedures / would like us to follow slightly different
procedures.

As you say this would really be a very unlikely situation where the
comm/xponder fail at the same time without the navs being affected also.
Handheld GPS could come in handy in this scenario though.

Sorry for the last post, these night shifts are really getting to me now
(its 4am in the morning in the UK)... I need to sleep!!!

Best wishes,

Richard Thomas.
EGFF / BT12