Aircraft between marshal and 7,000 feet that have established Delta holding and lose communications prior to acknowledging new EAT shall do what?

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Aircraft between marshal and 7,000 feet that have established Delta holding and lose communications prior to acknowledging new EAT shall do what?

When communications are lost in IFR, you follow the last assigned clearance and proceed as the situation indicates you would under the expected clearance. In this scenario you’re in a Delta hold and you’ve been given an expected further clearance time (EAT) to proceed with the approach, but you lose comms before you acknowledge that new EAT. Since ATC can’t grant the new clearance to continue holding, you should execute the approach as soon as possible rather than remaining in the hold. This aligns with the principle of proceeding with the expected flow of traffic and not delaying the approach when you can’t communicate. Holding indefinitely would waste time and complicate sequencing for other aircraft, and there’s no instruction to change altitude or to seek new vectors when comms are unavailable. The key idea is to follow the clearance you’ve been given and, in the absence of a way to receive further guidance, move forward with the approach at the expected time.

When communications are lost in IFR, you follow the last assigned clearance and proceed as the situation indicates you would under the expected clearance. In this scenario you’re in a Delta hold and you’ve been given an expected further clearance time (EAT) to proceed with the approach, but you lose comms before you acknowledge that new EAT. Since ATC can’t grant the new clearance to continue holding, you should execute the approach as soon as possible rather than remaining in the hold. This aligns with the principle of proceeding with the expected flow of traffic and not delaying the approach when you can’t communicate.

Holding indefinitely would waste time and complicate sequencing for other aircraft, and there’s no instruction to change altitude or to seek new vectors when comms are unavailable. The key idea is to follow the clearance you’ve been given and, in the absence of a way to receive further guidance, move forward with the approach at the expected time.

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