AN LTT LNDG AT ORD IS UNSURE IF TWR GAVE 'CLRED TO LAND' XMISSION; WHEN LNDG.

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ON A DEADHEAD FLT FROM BJC TO ORD; I WAS GIVING TRAINING TO A NEWLY HIRED PLT. HE HAS JUST RECENTLY GONE THROUGH INITIAL TRAINING AT A TRAINING CTR. THE CHICAGO AREA WAS MODERATELY BUSY. WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 22R AT ORD; WHILE OBSERVING THE NEW HIRE VERY CLOSELY; I MAY HAVE FAILED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TWR AT THE OM. I REMEMBER SWITCHING OVER TO THE FREQ AND THERE WAS OTHER COMS GOING ON AT THE TIME. ABOUT THAT TIME THE PF ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT THE APCH; AND I ANSWERED HIM. I DON'T REMEMBER CONTACTING THE TWR. TFC AHEAD OF US APPROX 3 MI LANDED AND CLRED THE RWY. NOT REALIZING AT THE TIME WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT; WE MADE A NORMAL LNDG; EXITED THE RWY AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE TWR TO CONTACT GND CTL. NOTHING WAS MENTIONED BY TWR OR GND; AND IT WAS AFTER WE GOT TO PARKING BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED. IF WE WERE GIVEN LNDG CLRNC; I DON'T REMEMBER. I FEEL I WAS DISTR FROM MY JOB BY OBSERVING TOO CLOSELY WHAT THE NEW PLT WAS DOING. NO ONE WAS IN DANGER AND MAYBE THE TWR DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT; I DON'T KNOW BUT NOTHING WAS MADE OF THE SIT. EVERYTHING ON THE APCH AND LNDG WAS SO ROUTINE I POSSIBLY MADE CONTACT WITH TWR BUT AM NOT SURE; BECAUSE MY MIND WAS ON WHAT THE PF WAS DOING.