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

[dispatchguy]

So you are certain this was the captain?

Wolf from CNN said that USAir has confirmed that Cap Sullenberger was the PIC...

Per his profile, he developed CRM at USAir, was a check airman, ALPA local air safety chairman, accident investigator, and a national technical committee member.

Former F-4 driver, and a USAFA graduate...

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/209/118

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Wolf from CNN said that USAir has confirmed that Cap Sullenberger was the PIC...

Hopefully when he does interviews he will handle those as well as the emergency and help bring some respect (and pay) back to the professions of the entire crew and crews everywhere in the industry. He'll be given a huge soapbox...hope it is used well. Great job.

 

[Ty Webb]

He'll be given a huge soapbox...hope it is used well. Great job.

Mighty nice job. I hope he's not over 60, though, or we'll never hear the end of this one.

 

[dispatchguy]

He graduated the Air Force academy in 1973, so my guess is around 57 or so...

 

[s3jetman]

great job to all crew members! Just one question did the ATIS have the notice "Caution birds in the vincity" I hear that every day on every atis but now i will actually it into serious consideration

 

[Andy Neill]

6: 05pm, and everyone has issued some sort of press release regarding this accident... except ALPA.

I understand the US Airways guys gave ALPA the finger and formed their own in house union, but in spirit of air safety and investigations, the least ALPA could have done is issued a press release that would express prayers and thoughts with crew and pax involved in this crash. Guess they have to be a due-collecting airline to get that sort of treatment.

This is what ALPA did for Continental: http://www.alpa.org/DesktopModules/...iew.aspx?itemid=17382&ModuleId=12567&Tabid=73

All they had to do was something very similar for US Airways, just in spirit of air safety and investigation. They don't have to help or investigate, but just a little sympathy of prayers with flight crew and passengesr would have sufficed.

Go ALPA!

....and yet, miraculously, they seem to be doing fine without ALPA's thoughts and prayers. Can you imagine!

 

[zeeman]

Text book performance by the entire crew. Congratulations on a fantastic job done safe as it could have been done.

 

[fischman]

CNBC reporter was making a big deal that the FAA said there was "bird activity in the vicinity of the airport."

Awesome job crew!

 

[xjlifer]

Great Job to that entire crew!.....and I just added McNugget to my ignore list

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

Did they push the 'Ditching' Pushbutton?

That's only used for deicing....


Job well done to the crew.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Smoking gun perpetuating the single crew member mentality...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0115093hero1.html

 

[172driver]

Any Airbus guys out there want to comment on the engine systems? I know a lot of turbines will mechanically or electronically cut the fuel off when the shaft is displaced or seizes.

 

[exagony]

Doesn't US Air charge extra for water?

that's frickin funny!!

 

[LearLove]

The news says it was a bunch of canadian geese...we should ban them from the US.

we should bomb canada. thoes geese are WMD's.

too bad Bush only has a few days left.

these wikipedia people are crazy fast:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549

big pic prior to the boats getting there:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Plane_crash_into_Hudson_Rivercroped.jpg
congrats to the crew. one he11 of a piece of airmanship.

 

[ironspud]

Parkers flapping his gums now...

He sure has a girlie voice.

 

[skiandsurf]

Hopefully when he does interviews he will handle those as well as the emergency and help bring some respect (and pay) back to the professions of the entire crew and crews everywhere in the industry. He'll be given a huge soapbox...hope it is used well. Great job.

"Just doing my job, Wolf. I am no different than any other professional pilot. We're all trained for emergencies like this. In fact my copilot was flying this leg. Now excuse me as I take my drug and alcohol test."

 

[SuperFLUF]

Damn good job by the pilots. Is it me, or did the plane look totally intact there in the water.

Probably end up flying in a week or so.

Probably not. I saw some video of the FDNY tug boat hauling the 'bus towards the shore and they were beating the 'ell out of it. The left wing was up on the side of the tug and the slats were getting hammered on the side of the tug...... so at least two weeks till she's flyin' again.

 

[GlobeIII]

Whose the resident birdstrike expert here?

The odds of a flock shutting down both engines is almost astronomical.

One I know of off-hand. 2 out of 4 engines ....Alaska E-3 AWACS, No survivors. Canadian Geese. 1995

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/5464/

 

[SuperFLUF]

"Just doing my job, Wolf. I am no different than any other professional pilot. We're all trained for emergencies like this. In fact my copilot was flying this leg. Now excuse me as I take my drug and alcohol test."

"...and search for an adverstised trip to pick up since I lost my pay for the rest of the pairing...."

 

[surfnfly]

Nice job guys, you make us proud. Job well done by boat crews as well.