US Airways Plane in the Hudson River (Anniversary)

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Amazing stuff hearing the radio traffic. Sullenberger clearly had a handle on things, but the ATCs, already juggling a bunch of other stuff, seemed right on it.
Granted that's their job, but considering this isn't something that happens frequently, they seemed automatic in their responses to the calls for help.
I wish all people would respond that quickly when the need arose.

 

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Do we KNOW this was Sullenberger on the tapes? I'm confused.
Normally, in a situation like that, the co-pilot does the radio.

 

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Sully both flew the plane and worked the radio because the co-pilot (who handled the takeoff and was flying the plane until the collision, at which time Sully said, "My plane") was going through the engine restart checklist.

 

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And I'm sure, by now, having talked to other pilots that know him, Sully would have fessed up to it not being him

 

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It's him on the tape. See Clerk Typist's post. That is what has been reported.

 

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Ok, just a few pilots called a show I was listening to yesterday, they said it might not be him.
They also said don't doubt that the co-pilot was just as calm.

 

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090207/ap_en_tv/tv_hero_pilot_1


The media frenzy about this is almost worth a post of its own. Apparently 60 Minutes is controlling access to the flight crew until after the show airs. I understand a media outlet hoping to control and protect its exclusive, but I don't understand what leverage they may have on the interview subjects unless money is changing hands.
This story is bizarro land for people so accustomed to saying "the public has a right to know" and free speech and all that.

 

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Hmmm... in another space and time, it would remind me of Joann Barnas and Sheila Toarmina

 

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Well, that settles it. :

Although I agree about the co-pilot. Whole crew had a tremendous response.

 

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In my little corner of the aviation world, the guy who is not "on the controls," or not physically flying the aircraft handles most everything other than the flying of the aircraft. Radio calls, preparing for approaches, navigation, some emergency procedures, etc.

Before we fly we have a crew briefing and we divy up the duties. Most of the time we brief that the pilot on the controls at the time of an emergency has the responsibility to perform the immediate and underlined emergency procedures (the most important ones are underlined in our manuals) without reference to the checklist.

The person on the controls must be prepared to fly it to the ground, in the event of an emergency. However, the pilot-in-command, the person with the most experience, is normally expected to come on the controls ("my plane," he said) and land the aircraft if time permits.

 

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tbf, that is the way most aviation is done, but I think in this case, it would be different.

My coworker's sister is an FA and has flown with Sully multiple times. She's listened to the tape. It's him.

 

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The 60 minutes piece was incredible.