Jeff Skiles, the first officer with Captain C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger on US Airways Flight 1549 that ditched into the Hudson River, endorses "Squawk 7700" as "mandatory reading."

Which is better: winning an Oscar, a Grammy, the Super Bowl or being awarded as the best Pilot of Desert Storm? Top Commander of Allied Forces during the Gulf War, General Charles Horner, recently honors airmanship of Lt. Colonel Kevin Sweeney.