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

[asa rat]

A HUGE "Al Haynes award" to the crew for an unbelievable accomplishment.

Exceptionally WELL DONE!

Reached an altitude of only 3200' according to flightaware

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE1549/history/20090115/2026Z/KLGA/KLGA/tracklog

 

[mynameisjim]

That's only used for deicing....

Then wouldn't they call it the "Deicing" pushbutton?

 

[av8trinabarrel]

Academy grad with two masters! The folks in back could not have asked for a better stick. My dad spoke with him recently and he said he has three more years before he hangs it up.

If parker has one ounce of dignity, he will offer to buy him out with full pay if he so chooses. Will it happen. Not likely...

 

[Tanker Clown]

Academy guy too? I should have known. Those people were very fortunate to be in such good hands.

 

[smails]

Great job to the crew. Now pee in this cup and blow in this tube.

 

[THEPRFCT10]

Just spoke to a buddy of mind---controller @EWR said speed at touchdown was 172 KIAS....great job again!

 

[Captzaahlie]

Turns out Capt. Sully is also a certified glider pilot instructor..... if only the thermals were a little stronger he might have soared that thing all the way down to CLT! (Sorry that I'm a little biased but thats where a lot of the talent comes from.)

 

[Tanker Clown]

Great job to the crew. Now pee in this cup and blow in this tube.

Sad but true.

 

[Rerouted]

Whatever this crew did, it sure sounds like they did it right. Not too many people get to save 150 + lives in one shot. Amazing job.

 

[Flywrite]

Wow...just Wow...

 

[Papps]

wow! excellent job to the crew.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

He was...former F4 driver back in the 70's.

But I'm sure a 2000 something new hire at HP acting as Captain could have done a better job...just ask em...

And it took all the way to 13 pages for some dickhead to write a stupid comment like this.

 

[808pilot]

unreal....round of applause.....
had it been me i would still be pulling the sheep skin out from the ol' sphinkter from all the pucker factor.....

nice job......

 

[Flopgut]

Might be a bad precedent, or a touchy subject, but we ought to consider passing the hat for this crew? Let's all throw in some $$ and get them some new cars or something. USAir mgt won't. Airbus won't either. Passengers don't care.

I know a lot of pilots have done remarkable things before, but I'm not sure this will ever be outdone.

 

[THEPRFCT10]

Tell you what: we know the statistics, but when things like this happen, really makes me think what I'd do . . .and makes me want to study more!