US Air type in the Hudson?????????

[MELVIS]

Hell Ya! Job well done. This profession needs a boost in that it is fairly routine and even boring at times, but we are paid for the what-ifs, or not paid. Great Job, I'm actually proud today of my fellow aviators, even after 911 we were the step-children of aviation, now hopefully people will see us as the assets that we truly are. There was no autopilot or some technological toy that could have done this, this is what experience and training, and pure guts that make this a profession that will be forever misunderstood by the masses, but very important to those in the know. Great Job Bros, ever evil wetsy, Melvis

 

[Crzipilot]

Very humble, In this clip, one of the last passengers off describes his conversation with the pilots (towards the end of the clip) Said he shook the capt's hand on the raft, and said "thank you for saving our lives" Response was...."Your Welcome" F/O stated he thought it was going to be alot worse than it turned out.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/28684913#28684913

 

[Limeyflyer]

Again, Amazing job Crew!!
I didn't know NY was that desperate fo a new exhibit at the Intrepid. Sent the geese on a suicide mission.

 

[aewanabe]

CA Sullenberger, FO Skiles, and the crew of professional Flight Attendants symbolize what is still right in this messed-up industry. From all of us who are, or aspire to be, true professional airmen, we have two new heroes. Thank you gentlemen.

 

[ultrarunner]

There's a really good pic of the plane as it's over the Hudson BELOW the ridge-line over at Pprune.

 

[aewanabe]

Saved that pic to my desktop. Wow. Some idiot over there saying he is a Bus driver and the crew should have been watching for birds... needs to be horse-whipped.

 

[Smarta$$]

well thats what you get for watching FOX!

Thats what I was thinking.

 

[Browntothebone]

Good job to all involved, but since it's an airbus, didn't they just program the FMS and engage the autopilot to do an auto-ditching?

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

Is there any ATC audio archive on the internet for NY app during this time of the day?

 

[CopilotDoug]

P.S. I wonder if their paxs thought their pilots were overpaid!!

Do you mean to ask if those lowly bus drivers up front were over-paid?

Fantastic job!
:beer:

 

[FlyingPieceOfSt]

Good thing it was VFR
Good thing it was not night time
Amazing airmanship!!! Congratulations to the Captain, First Officer and Flight Atendants!

Bird strikes at night are pretty rare.

There is a big difference in the number of birds strikes between day and night.

 

[DX Rick]

Saved that pic to my desktop. Wow. Some idiot over there saying he is a Bus driver and the crew should have been watching for birds... needs to be horse-whipped.

Personally, I would have armed the .50 cals and blasted them.
We can all be the best arm chair QB's.

 

[Fearless Tower]

I'm not shocked in the least. The way he double checked the jet to make sure all the souls were off the aircraft and safe were quite indicative of Air Force officers. This is why an Air Force trained pilot is always a catch.

Actually, the Captain being the last one off the plane probably had more to do with company training after the last USAIR jet went in the water leaving LGA ('89).

But, in all seriousness, Great job by the crew!

 

[jj21211]

Anyone know the tail number? I want to look at my logs and see if I flew that one.

 

[172driver]

Bird strikes at night are pretty rare.

There is a big difference in the number of birds strikes between day and night.

Every bird strike I've ever had was at night, two of them at LGA.