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 2018 version of Advisory Circular 90-66A, “Non-towered airport flight operations,” banished the term “uncontrolled” airport. I suppose this was a good change but based on my many years flying out of these kinds of airports, I think the term “uncontrolled airport” did a better job of telegraphing to the pilot just how much of a challenge they are. If you are flying a high-speed jet out of an uncontrolled airport, you need to bring your “A game.” The pilots of JetBlue 1748, on January 22, 2022, failed to do that.
Case Study: JetBlue 1748
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This is the year we are releasing the most important parts of Code 7700 in a four book series called, "A Professional Aviator's Notebook." This month we release Part 3: Communicate. It matches "Aviate" and "Navigate" in style and format. It will be of particular interest to pilots who fly internationally, but has lots to offer domestic pilots too. On sale now in paperback and eBook versions.
New book release: Communicate
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 . . .
