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.
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I’ve covered these three case studies before, but it wasn’t until the crash of Cessna 680A N8JR that I made the connection: when we condition ourselves to accept these excuses, we make it more likely we will accept those excuses for ourselves. “I’ll do ____, which I know is wrong, because ____ told me to.” The sad thing is we almost always get away with it, making it easier to stretch our limits even further.
"I'm not doing that"
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Some pilots don’t understand that techniques they hold near and dear don’t always transfer from airplane to airplane, country to country, or even from one type of operation to another. Using a technique from a past life can be wasteful, in the least, or can be deadly. The problem most often occurs when the proponent, let’s call him Gary, is the guy in charge. It is hard to tell the boss he or she has been doing something wrong, so you need to tread lightly. We'll look at four examples.
A Tale of 4 Garys
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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 . . .
