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

The airlines are exploring new and innovative ways to cut costs, lower ticket prices, and raise profits. With some airline captains getting paid nearly $500 per flight hour, the push to reduce the number of pilots in the cockpit continues. Modern avionics can handle the mundane “stick and rudder” chores better than human pilots. Why not replace one pilot, or more, with computers? Can a robot fly better than a human? Boeing, Airbus, and other aircraft manufacturers are exploring ways to do this. It is the future of flight.
New Book! Virtual Copilot

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Our Previous Update:

Even if your headset and/or interphone system is prone to that kind of thing, the correct reaction should never be, "It's probably nothing, don't worry about it."
Case Study: Citation Sovereign N680SA

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.

Virtual Copilot

Fewer pilots in the cockpit: appeals to the company's bottom line. Can an electronic pilot be better than a human pilot? What if things go wrong?

Whiskey Air

An upstart airline with a pilot culture turned rogue led by a management team that forgets the "bottom line" is not the bottom line.

Aviate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

Navigate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

Communicate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

Relate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

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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