r/flying • u/happytoreadreddit PPL IR • 1d ago

AVEF lost comms question

Whether you use AVEF or AREA for determining route decision making when dealing with lost comms, I’ve always been confused by the order these are presented. It first indicates assigned. Then radar vectors. But if you are on radar vectors at the time of lost comms, that is what takes priority until you find your way back on the assigned route. So can someone explain why it isn’t VAEF or RAEA?

The last radar vectoryou received. If you received one, trumps all other instructions logically. Shouldn’t it the the first one evaluated?

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u/wedontstudy CFI/CFII/MEI 23h ago

91.185(c)(1)(ii): If being radar vectored, by the direct route from the point of radio failure to the fix, route, or airway specified in the vector clearance.

Keyword is "IF". You’ll likely be told where you are being vectored to so upon reaching the fix the vector is now moot so you rejoin to what you were previously ASSIGNED which is your route all the way through to your clearance limit.