I suspect that Siobhan has never seen a clog which is why I chuckled. Why would she have? One of the biggest giveaways when someone clogs is that they remain in place unmoving, not taking damage for quite a while. The player who logs out still takes damage for the duration of the timer.
What Jason said. Go full murderhobo and you'll find out really quick what's a menu log and what's a straight clog.
Agree with a lot of what is said here too. Disconnects happen. From what I hear and experience they are most common when dropping in and out of instance with other people. That's why one person serving has an anchor is so important in competitive PvP, for instance. Elite's great but network issues gonna network issue.
Anyway, Wargfoot, I'm glad folks like you hang around here. We were all new once and we all should be trying to get better at the Elite we play - whether that's PvE, PvP, BGS, or whatever wild mixture we come up with.