The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing MD-80 Study Guide is a compilation of notes taken primarily from flight manuals, but also includes elements taken from class notes, computer-based training, and operational experience. It is intended for use by initial qualification crewmembers, and also for systems review prior to recurrent training or check rides. The book is written in a way that organizes in one location all the buzz words, acronyms, and numbers the average pilot needs to know in order to get through qualification from an aircraft systems standpoint. The guide covers MD-82 and MD-83 series airplanes. The author is a retired Air Force Fighter pilot with flight experience in seven different aircraft types including the F-101, F-106 and F-15, and instructional experience in the T-33, F-101 and AT-38B aircraft. He also consulted on the acquisition and development of the F-22 and helped to write the F-22 operating manual. Transitioning to the airline world in 1990, he began writing and publishing transport category aircraft study materials and software guides. He holds type ratings in Boeing 727, 737, 757-767 and 777 aircraft as well as the Airbus A320 series aircraft. He has over 17,000 flight hours and has written seven titles which have sold a total of over 100,000 volumes. He retired with over 27 years work as an airline captain, certification as a flight engineer check airman, and management work in the area of managing operational specifications for a major airline.