Think Sully will give some of his "memoir" 
royalties to Airbus??
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/06/us_airways200906
royalties to Airbus?? http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/06/us_airways200906
The real "hero" of 1549
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c172captain
Well-Known Member
Sully who?
You're right Bob, I'm not a big fan of fictional characters.
Btw, nothing to say about this fine bit of analysis by Bill Langewiesche?
His article really does lend weight to the majority view held within the aviation community
that any pilot with adequate training would have successfully water landed that plane.
Btw, nothing to say about this fine bit of analysis by Bill Langewiesche?
His article really does lend weight to the majority view held within the aviation community
that any pilot with adequate training would have successfully water landed that plane.
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
You mean like how no other pilot had been able to pull it off without getting people killed before?
Yeah, just like those guys.
Orange Anchor
New Member
A majority view within the aviation community exists? Now that is a first!
But, since every accident is unique and from working in the sim for a few years as a check airman, it is an illusion to think everyone solves a problem the same way or to the same outcome.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
"There was also an official collision with a fish, though the fish was in the grasp of an osprey at the time."
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Um... Maybe I'm a slow reader?
I think it was a very well written, well researched and factual article.
It doesn't change my view of things though. It took a combination of "skill", knowledge and a hell of a lot of luck to make it happen the way it did.
Qgar
New Member
:yeahthat: Everything lined up correctly that day. I shudder to think of what would have happened if the Hudson River hadn't been there.
bdhill1979
Gone West
mike wazowski!!!don't forget mike!
ozone
Well-Known Member
..ditto to what he said
Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
tprops4me
Well-Known Member
The what ifs can go on forever. The fact is that the river was there, and Sully had the sense to make it his landing spot. Many folks out there would have tried to make it work on good old terra firma, myself included.
To the original poster, I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion. When you look at it from a neutral point of view, 155 people got to go home that day without the need for a body bag because Sully, and the rest of his crew did it right that day. It is pretty cut and dry. If the Airbus was put down at a less than optimal angle that day, it more than likely would have not faired as well. The pilot flying got it right. That was Sully. Give him a break. I find it funny that the pilots that do not make it are defended to the end, but the one that lives to talk about it become a target. Give him a break and let him live the life he was granted to continue.
WacoFan
Bigly
I guess this is what I keep coming back to. Nobody hurt badly or killed. The Ethiopian hijack thing was bad, but I believe the hijacker lunged at the controls at the last minute or that may have ended up with a good outcome. That said, I will wait to declare "anybody could have done it" until other people are able to do it in the future.
AngelFuree
Well-Known Member
No doubt. I just got done reading, ugh I mean looking at it.
DC10FlyBy
Well-Known Member
Haha, yeah. That's all I actually read/looked at.