I have grave doubts as to whether other pilots would have done the same.
And Sully had a special skill....a glider pilot.
Nice plane...but it needs a good pilot...and needed one with "the right stuff" that day.
I completely agree. The plane didn’t matter one bit. Fly by wire didn’t matter one bit either. Nor was it even about Sully’s “stick and rudder” skills. Sully’s a hero because when it happened he made all the right decisions.
Fifi the wonderjet could never figure out how to put the airplane close enough to a passenger ferry so help would arrive quickly. It couldn’t even miss the bridges if it had to. Nor could it make sure everyone got evacuated safely.
Mr. Langewiesche is a complete idiot.
I’m a pilot and I would not have wanted to have had to make a landing like that.
He is the consumate Professional.