Posted on 01/15/2009 4:23:17 PM PST by 444Flyer
JANUARY 15-Meet Chelsey B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III, the US Airways pilot who today amazingly crash-landed a US Airways jet in New York's Hudson River with any apparent fatalities.
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God Bless you Sir. You are an AMERICAN HERO
("Aww shucks, jes in a days work ...")
Hooah.
What can I say here?
Except its obvious when you trust your life to a trained person you are in trusted hands.
Hire a vet comes to mind instantly.
Put him in charge of USAF nuke security!
I knew this pilot had to be a military vet and I was right, but damn a F-4 Driver on top of it all!
No wonder he was able to pull it off, the F-4 is basically a brick with wings and big engines to boot, so landing an Airbus was a major piece of cake for this guy.
This guy will be latched onto by politicians trying to ride his coat-tails by nightfall. I expect he will be at the Inaugeration.
Thanks.
SRM Founder Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III is a captain for a major U.S. airline with over 40 years of flying experience. A former U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot, he has served as an instructor and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) safety chairman, accident investigator and national technical committee member. He has participated in several USAF and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigations. His ALPA safety work led to the development of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Circular. Working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists, he coauthored a paper on error inducing contexts in aviation.
He was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Crew Resource Management (CRM) course used at his airline and has taught the course to hundreds of his colleagues. Sully is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S.), Purdue University (M.S.) and the University of Northern Colorado (M.A.).
He was a speaker on two panels at the High Reliability Organizations (HRO) 2007 International Conference in Deauville, France May 29-31, 2007. He has just been named a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
Hot Damn! Whoever he is for President!!
Spot on, Sully!
You da man!
“He has participated in several USAF and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident investigations.”
He’s gonna participate in another one, and I hope they give him a medal!
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