Sully movie

Avgirl said:
The storyline. He could make any character worthwhile, but it was weird.
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This. I can't think of much of anything that he HASN'T been great in. The problem with The Terminal was that it was just a dry, dull story forced around a unique hook (that he was stuck in the airport).
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
I had the exact same once JFK to LAX. "Do you know what the problem is with black people in this country?"

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At that point, I mention I have a black wife and a biracial kid and wait for him sweat.

On a related note, my white girlfriend has a biracial kid. Often, folks assume we adopted. I'm hoping that these folks are being racist and not assuming I'm too racist to date a white woman with a biracial child. Another funny social encounter is when I'm alone with the child in public, old black women assume it's my child and flirt with me. Life is complicated in the South.
 
BobDDuck said:
At first I was like... meh.

But after watching the trailer, I'm kind of thinking it might be ok. Tom Hanks looks the part, the FO isn't getting glossed over, and the level of detail (the ID's actually have the USAPA "Union Pilot" badge backers) is pretty impressive. We'll see how it turns out in the end, but so far, Clint Eastwood hasn't made too many bad movies. Also, the whole thing is shot in IMAX.

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I predict @Maximillian_Jenius will notice the right main tires on the A320 in the movie was actually off of a A319-211. ;)
Second predictions, we shall see a @Derg sighting in the background. First person to find it gets a guaranteed interview at Southern Jets.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
I had the exact same once JFK to LAX. "Do you know what the problem is with black people in this country?"

I shook my head, looked at my moving map and saw KCLE and thought to myself, 'we're only over Ohio.'
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I'm reminded of a scene from The Jerk.

"EXCUSE ME, SIR!..."
 
MikeD said:
Their problem is nothing compared to what the problem is with Iranians/persians in ths country.....

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"Michael! Michael! (something in Farsi that loosely translates to "don't park your piece of "expletive" truck in front of the house)" :)
 
I've personally never understood the angst in our ranks regarding Sully and why pilots are so quick to dismiss ourselves publicly. You don't see that from professions with similar skill sets. We often do a pretty terrible job of keeping our head held high as a profession and closing ranks. My opinion of him is this...

1) He was an extremely confident, humble, and dignified spokesman for our profession when things weren't exactly peachy in the industry. The public rallied behind him. What is wrong with that? We should have embraced him and painted the picture (as he tried to IMO) that he was one of many who would have saved lives that day had they been in the flight deck
2) He never put down regional pilots. He only said that the industry isn't giving new pilots the tools and training that they need to perform the safest operation possible. I was an RJ captain at the time and agreed with his message was 100% as I remember my feelings on the issue. To say that the regionals at the time were giving their pilots the appropriate amount of training, rather than the minimum, is disingenuous and accidents supported this. To take his comments as a personal slight mean nothing more than shortsightedness. Which is true and I believe he would agree.
3) Why is it so hard to believe that he perhaps did suffer some form of PTSD? I read the book and he talks about it at great length. He tells about a conversation he had with United 232 Capt. Al Haines about that very issue. While the scope of both accidents are night and day apart, it is not unreasonable to believe that Sully would not question actions and leadership. Anyone here who hasn't looked back on a decision they've made in the flight deck and wondered how that impacted the eventual outcome is lying through their teeth. I certainly would have played the what if game had I been in his shoes. I'm not afraid to admit it.
 
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MikeD said:
Their problem is nothing compared to what the problem is with Iranians/persians in ths country.....

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Cav said:
I've personally never understood the angst in our ranks regarding Sully and why pilots are so quick to dismiss ourselves publicly. You don't see that from professions with similar skill sets. We often do a pretty terrible job of keeping our head held high as a profession and closing ranks. My opinion of him is this...

1) He was an extremely confident, humble, and dignified spokesman for our profession when things weren't exactly peachy in the industry. The public rallied behind him. What is wrong with that? We should have embraced him and painted the picture (as he tried to IMO) that he was one of many who would have saved lives that day had they been in the flight deck
2) He never put down regional pilots. He only said that the industry isn't giving new pilots the tools and training that they need to perform the safest operation possible. I was an RJ captain at the time and agreed with his message was 100% as I remember my feelings on the issue. To say that the regionals at the time were giving their pilots the appropriate amount of training, rather than the minimum, is disingenuous and accidents supported this. To take his comments as a personal slight mean nothing more than shortsightedness. Which is true and I believe he would agree.
3) Why is it so hard to believe that he perhaps did suffer some form of PTSD? I read the book and he talks about it at great length. He tells about a conversation he had with United 232 Capt. Al Haines about that very issue. While the scope of both accidents are night and day apart, it is not unreasonable to believe that Sully would not question actions and leadership. Anyone here who hasn't looked back on a decision they've made in the flight deck and wondered how that impacted the eventual outcome is lying through their teeth. I certainly would have played the what if game had I been in his shoes. I'm not afraid to admit it.
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Agreed. Never understood any angst either.

Seems like a "we need to speak out about the problems in this industry!" So then a guy does, and eloquently so by all appearances, and some people are pissed about it: "he spoke negative about the industry!!" When it was the same thing guys have legitimate beefs with.
 
I wonder how they're going to fit in the "Tom Hanks pees in every movie he's in" scene. Seriously, look it up.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
That's the weird part. I feel like we are in the process of evolving out of "old school" aviation. That kind of BS happens, but when I bring up something from the right seat I have yet to have it be met with anything other than "holy crap, thanks for catching that man."
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You're lucky. I love the "how do I bring stuff up in a way that doesn't damage a fragile ego" game.

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trafficinsight said:
You're lucky. I love the "how do I bring stuff up in a way that doesn't damage a fragile ego" game.

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It really is nice. Ideally I'd like to fly with sane people with good CRM, but if I had to pick one, good CRM is the way to go. Where these guys are going to run into trouble is with people who don't take their political/social nutjobiness with a grain of salt and shut down. That's the danger in talking about that stuff, getting the guy you're flying with to not want to help you out anymore.
 
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