We should just go ahead and give this guy "Badass of the Year" award. Not only did he land a damaged plane safely on a river, and everyone on board survived without serious injuries, but he walked the plane twice as it was filling with sub 40 degree water to make sure everyone got out. And if you're still not convinced, check out his resume on the Smoking Gun. If Chuck Norris doesn't play him in the movie, I'm going to be pissed.
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I am beyond amazed with his abilities every time I read or hear the story again--I'm not that easily impressed, but he ranks in the upper echelon of heroes I have heard about in my lifetime.
I love his "not on my watch" style--and hope that Barack mentions him in an upcoming speech, because we need more people like him and fewer like the ones who have sunk our world economy.
Save some of his dna for future replication...
and please, don't let the media dig up dirt on him--as soon as I heard plane crash in the Hudson I assumed the worst, and he doesn't deserve to be dragged through any mud.
By that man a beer.
If he is dragged through the mud, you and I can hose him down with Dom Perignon , lovingly dry him off with Egyptian cotton towels and place him back on his pedastal where he belongs.
And mind you, we will fight off any nay-sayers with our own lives.
Because your right.
We need more of him.
Tamra, I like you.
Would you like to join the pillowfight club?
(well, that offer is contingent with approvals from alex and Vicky, but I think they would agree...)
Will pillows be provided, or do I have to supply my own?
Are they Regulation Pillows?
Weight restrictions? (you really dont want to know why I ask this particular question)
This pillowfight stuff is getting pretty serious.
Tim, while you're at sarcky's see if you can tape something to send us.
By the way, this guy is a fucking hero. I'd say that Norris isn't tough enough to play him in a movie...
Let him be himself on the screen... No one can walk his shoes after that.
Thanks, Leo, but I'm really not a hero just because I am able to take on women all over the country. The pillowfight club is really for entertainment purposes only. I'd do it just for the fun; the glory is just the maple syrup.
I'll see what I can tape for you. As far as the big screen is concerned, Norris could play me in a movie, but I think Danny DeVito would also be a righteous choice.
oh crap... thanks for reminding me..
note: pickup maple syrup
SO, you were right on the money -
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480250,00.html
Not exactly dirt, but they dug up this guys school records. Not that it's relevant and hey, shouldn't that shit be private.
Fuckin assholes. Hope whoever coughed it up gets axed.
< throws mudpatties at fox.... withholds Dom
This man, and his giant balls should be required teaching in pilot school from now on.
Chuck Norris? Hell, Chuck only travels if this man is the pilot!
This just proves how badly envious humans we are. We can't see someone doing something great and just be happy for him/her.
We need to find something rotten in the person's past and throw it on the fan to spread all around. Dammit. Let the guy be the hero of the day...
Miracle Hell! 40 years of flying, 20,000 hours of flight time, Air Force Fighter jet experience, Professional Pilot, training, training, training and more training and some call this a miracle? All of this and a top notch wing man (1st Officer) and you have a a great landing in a bad situation. Great job Skipper! Semper Fi!
Miracle would be if the pilot and the whole crew had fainted and the blind-hunchback-one-armed passenger managed to land the plane.
This guy knew what he was doing and he was trained to do it. The difference between this guy and the other pilots is that not all of them have balls of steel.
Forget steel--his are made of diamonds! (Mohs 8 versus 10)
(see this quote "Sometimes very hard metals, like carbon steel, are undesirable because of their other properties. Carbon steel, for instance, is notoriously corrosive.")
If there's something harder than diamond, this guy's ball are made of that.
Well now that the media blitz has calmed I’ll have a few moments to comment about US Airways flight 1549. My first thoughts as I expressed on ABS news were that the odds are against two engines being taken out by a bird strike. Living in south Florida we see that most of the migratory water fowl are here along with the rest of the snow birds. If all things are as they appear the crew of flight 1549: ; Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, FO Jeff Skiles and cabin crew did an outstanding job. The US Airways pilot maintained their professionalism in spite of having their wages ravaged and pension stripped in bankruptcy court due to lack of protection of the workers by the government.
It was game day for Capt Sully; we train our entire careers for these emergency procedures and hope we never have one. On board the computer screens must have lit up like a Christmas tree, horns, bells and whistles were all very distracting as Capt. Sully command the configuration of the aircraft and piloted the aircraft dead stick into the water. He did a highly professional job that made all airline pilots proud of him that day.
As well as being an airline pilot I’m also a Sea plane pilot and can tell you that the Hudson in daylight is ideal for a water landing. Open water or darkness could have changed the result drastically. Due to a combination of luck and skill everyone on board flight 1549 are here today to talk about it. When I say luck its not to take away from the wonderful job they did. It’s just you can perform a textbook “Ditching” in the North Atlantic and nobody would survive due to hypothermia. In the North Atlantic the water is very cold and it would take many hours for rescuers to arrive.
An Airline Pilot’s status has been degraded in the last 20years by eroding wages, general lack of respect and the taking for granted the fact that we do such a good job that people think it’s easy to navigate an airliner from point ”A” to “B” safely. We have become the brunt of Jay Leno’s jokes because of bad press due alcohol abuse by a very few (much less than any other profession). Mr. Leno could not help but comment the night of the accident that it’s amazing what a pilot can do when he is sober. Which I thought was in very poor taste. Mr. Leno you owe Capt Sully and the rest of the professional airline pilots an apology for that. Its only during life threatening times that the public seems to appreciate the job professional airline pilots do every day.
Thanks Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, FO Jeff Skiles and cabin crew for doing a job that all airline crews can be proud of.
Capt. Ivan Klugman www.inavsol.com , www.headofstateaircraft.com
his birthday is on the 23rd Jan..born the year of the tiger, brave ,amazing