Originally Posted by mike734

It is a topic because the crew faced certificate action as a result of not squawking the code. I think that is ridiculous. It is a topic because you may be in a similar situation. Maybe you can learn something from this topic.


Our QRH also says you should squawk 7700. It is the fact that it is written in the QRH that got the FAA's panties in a bunch. Still I think some bureaucrat lost sight of the big picture. The crew got the airplane down and everyone was safe.