His book Glass Cockpit Flying[6] is aimed at enhancing safety and proficiency for what the FAA calls "Technically Advanced Airplanes" (TAAs).
[12] Running on a platform of protecting suburban neighborhoods and rural areas from gentrification, Littlefield won his seat on the Scottsdale City Council in November 2002, and was reelected to his second term in 2006.
[14] In 2010, the Arizona Republic reported that in his eight years on the City Council, Littlefield had "challenged popular development projects, stood behind a city-run fire department and supported the Foothills Overlay and scenic corridors.
Among other objections, Littlefield said the plan was "drowning in buzzwords" and opposed a proposal to add marketing to the list of duties of the city economic development department.
[18][19][20] During his time on the city council, Littlefield served as:[21] The influx of significant dark money-funded attack ads resulting from the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision thwarted Littlefield's 2014 bid for a Legislative District 23 seat in the Arizona House of Representatives.