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

We all know continuation bias when we see it in an accident report. But do we see it in ourselves? For a fighter or bomber pilot, it is known as "target fixation." For a commercial pilot after a long day, it can be thought of as "get there-itis." For many of us professionals, it is simply an inner desire to get the job done. Not a bad thing, right? For that last item, sure. Except when it gets in the way of a stabilized approach. Or safely flying the airplane.
Continuation Bias

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Our Previous Update:

In 2023 I was awarded a set of wings from Ops.Group, enshrining me in the highly select group of the International Federation of Okay Pilots (IFOKP). It was quite an honor that very few professional pilots can ever dream of attaining. Well, none of that is true, except the 2023 part. Turns out, all you need is some self-awareness.
The International Federation of Okay Pilots

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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