The Learning Never Stops!

Aviation is complicated business, and it can be deadly if not undertaken with the right mindset. Our goal here at Code 7700 is to prepare you to avoid the day you will need to Squawk 7700, but if that day ever comes, to prepare you to deal with it competently.

Our Latest Update

For most pilots, becoming a captain at a major airline is one step among many along the path to becoming a better aviator. It isn’t the end of the journey of learning, but a gateway to more lessons to come. For some pilots, however, it is the ultimate goal, the top rung of the so-called pilot pyramid. The title itself demands the respect from all others without it. All hail Captain Vainglory. Case Study: Southwest Airlines 345

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Our Previous Update:

The Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure, SLOP, has been with us for a while. If you aren't applying it where you should, well, you should rethink how you think of safety. Have their been recent changes? Maybe. Think the Gulf of America, for example. Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure (Update)

An Index of Previous Updates

If you remember seeing something on "Homeplate" in the last two years, you will find it here, in a list of recent lead stories. Lead Stories . . .

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My latest books . . .

The non-fiction books get into the science and technique of flying, the fiction books all have aviation lessons of their own.

Aviate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

A collection of articles about the primary task of all pilots: Aviating.

Navigate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

A collection of articles about the next task for all pilots: Navigating.

Equity Airlines

An airline decides hiring by diversity is more important than qualifications and experience. Fact or fiction?

Fly by Wired

A business jet more computer than airplane, impossible to hack, gets hacked.

The Brothers Bellum

Three brothers and the last air campaign of the Vietnam War.

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