If you go NORDO on a Rusty departure, which arrival should you join?

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If you go NORDO on a Rusty departure, which arrival should you join?

When you’re NORDO, you follow the published procedures and continue along the last assigned route until you can rejoin a published arrival or approach at a designated fix. For a Rusty departure, the standard way to rejoin ATC is to connect with the Western Arrival at Point RUSTY. This point is the published transition from the Rusty SID into the Western Arrival, providing a predictable and controlled path for traffic to flow toward the approach. Going direct to PT SHAMROCK isn’t the published handoff point from this departure, so it would bypass the established sequence. Contacting Corpus Approach on a radio channel isn’t possible while NORDO, and waiting to circle at RUSTY would delay traffic and isn’t the published method to regain a controlled path. Following the Rusty departure’s published transition to the Western Arrival at Point RUSTY is the correct, standardized way to proceed.

When you’re NORDO, you follow the published procedures and continue along the last assigned route until you can rejoin a published arrival or approach at a designated fix. For a Rusty departure, the standard way to rejoin ATC is to connect with the Western Arrival at Point RUSTY. This point is the published transition from the Rusty SID into the Western Arrival, providing a predictable and controlled path for traffic to flow toward the approach.

Going direct to PT SHAMROCK isn’t the published handoff point from this departure, so it would bypass the established sequence. Contacting Corpus Approach on a radio channel isn’t possible while NORDO, and waiting to circle at RUSTY would delay traffic and isn’t the published method to regain a controlled path. Following the Rusty departure’s published transition to the Western Arrival at Point RUSTY is the correct, standardized way to proceed.

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