Is that actually his flight?
Yes
Ok thanks. It says it’s a 319 model but I guess they are the same, except for the length.
And he’s on the ground! Nice to know that guy can bring it in on a runway just as well as a river. I wonder how many people bought tix for that flight just to say that they’ve flown with him?
I believe all three cable news networks had people on the flight, so as far as news outlets, I would probably say quite a few.
I don’t know what the big deal is with the news. It’s not like he does not know how to fly a plane anymore just because he landed one in a river.
He had to undergo training which is apparently required if a pilot is involved in an incident/accident. I don’t know if this is a federal regulation or airline policy. Undoubtedly Sullenberger is the best qualified pilot flying for US Airways, or maybe any other airline. Policies will be policies, but it still seems rather ridiculous.
Boy, that is well said…thanks for that…he is the real deal…
TC
im sure its just a technicality, like when a police officer uses his firearm in the line of duty, or kills someone in the line of duty, they get a mandatory interview with a psychiatrist, and counseling is offered. or any time a nurse has a patient die unexpectedly, we are offered, correction, we are forced to talk to a psychiatrist, i don’t know of any nurse that had a problem with a patient dying, except maybe the labor and delivery nurses.
How could you know this 
God thanks for that post- cause i was getting sick of all the fanfair the dude was getting.
I believe that there was a lot more luck involved then skill when he turned that bird into a duck.
Does anybody know specifically WHAT training he received? I was thinking yesterday that if he hadn’t flown since the incident in January, then he has lost currency. Could his “training” simply have been to regain currency as per the FARs?
I don’t think anyone can dispute that he’s a great pilot, but what made him stand out was his ability to keep calm with dead stick at that altitude - over NYC. Above all, no one can dispute this has been great PR for US Airways - something that is priceless in this day and age. Proving to people that regardless (or nearly regardless, I should say) of what happens in-flight, the ability of a knowledgeable, experienced and calm crew to safely bring a jet down with minimal injuries - well, you can’t put a pricetag on that. The money they’ve made by having their logo and their “heroic” crew plastered all over network television for the last 9 months has paid for the loss of that jet 10x over.
While I definitely look up to the man and have to give him credit for what he did, in reality he was just doing what he was paid to do on that day. Still, 99% of time, that situation would have turned out far more disastrous - regardless of who was flying that jet.
I’m sure 99% of the time the results would not be disastrous, i don’t believe that 99% of his peers are less competent than he is.
Sully gets kudos for keeping his cool, making a decision quickly, and executing it with a gentle hand. I figure you ought to credit luck for being that high and that close to a smooth-ish landing spot when the geese flew in, not having significant wind/waves on the water, not having a crosswind gust at the last minute (catching a wingtip), etc.
Sully’s a great pilot, but luck played a role too, and surely there are other pilots who could have landed it safely with the same luck. We’ll never know, and we’ll never need to know who’s the best pilot in the US for this situation. I just want mine to be good enough.
I say we all go to Fighter Weapons School and hash it out to see who the best is-
No Boys there’s TWO O’s in Goose!
(insert facepalm) yes the pun was intended