[Non-Sequitur]

My appreciation for the competence, skills, courage, dedication & experience of Captain Sullenberger continues to grow.

You need to be willing to pay for experience, most of these regionals won't. According to Airline Pilot Central the first officer, who most likely had less than a years experience, was making $21 an hour for a 75 hour work month. Do the math, that's about $1600 per month. The pilot made maybe double that. Sullenburger probably makes between $150 and $200K.

[TChris]

You need to be willing to pay for experience, most of these regionals won't. According to Airline Pilot Central the first officer, who most likely had less than a years experience, was making $21 an hour for a 75 hour work month. Do the math, that's about $1600 per month. The pilot made maybe double that. Sullenburger probably makes between $150 and $200K.

Ah yes. It's all the regional's fault because they aren't "willing to pay" the 6-figure income of a veteran 747 pilot for a 40-passenger plane.

By the same logic, isn't it really the passengers' fault for being unwilling to pay $6,000 each for their tickets? After all, you have to be willing to pay for experience.