[safisoft]

Yes, it was only a few seconds, but the skills Sully had as a glider pilot paid off.....huge.

All experience is valuable, but glider experience vs no glider experience is irrelevent. It was not glider experience that worked for him that day, it was simply HIS experience. Glider experience counts ZERO in an Airbus. IT DOES NOT EQUATE.

For the record, numerous simulations have been done and making it back to La Guardia could be done as well as Teterboro... but at less than even odds. The fact that he made the right decision is born out by the results, and that is all. That is why pilots are who we are: we aren't good for skill reasons alone... it is about judgment.

[UCANSEE2]

Glider experience counts ZERO in an Airbus.

Unless you are landing the Airbus with 'wheels-up'.

There is much more forgiveness in landing an aircraft that has a nosewheel and mid-fuselage (or wing) wheels.

Most gliders have only one, or even no wheels, so the landing is very similar to landing on water.