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This may have already been posted here... but I never saw it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tE_5eiYn0D0#t=109

WOW!  Nicely done.  Video.... and handling of the situation  .

best,

..............john

I will say, this confirms my opinion that putting the captain on a pedestal like the media has done and calling this a miracle is absurd.

Yes, he did a great job, but I'm confident that ANY pilot flying in the US today would have safely ditched in the Hudson.  Very professional on his part, but I at least like to think that anyone in the same situation would handle it just as well.

I liked in one of the related videos with more audio you hear a few interesting things:  Someone in the room at Teterboro goes 'Airbus?  He can't land here' which is kinda funny, and someone at the Port Authority didn't understand that 'Cactus' is US Airways.

The Wadsworth Constant must die.

I was quite surprised how the guy on the departure radio was suggesting airports so far away surely he could see their air speed and altitude combined with the fact he knew they had no power. So suggesting Newark 7 miles away seems like a waste of time.

[quote]I will say, this confirms my opinion that putting the captain on a pedestal like the media has done and calling this a miracle is absurd.

Yes, he did a great job, but I'm confident that ANY pilot flying in the US today would have safely ditched in the Hudson.

[quote]I will say, this confirms my opinion that putting the captain on a pedestal like the media has done and calling this a miracle is absurd.

Yes, he did a great job, but I'm confident that ANY pilot flying in the US today would have safely ditched in the Hudson.

[quote][quote]I will say, this confirms my opinion that putting the captain on a pedestal like the media has done and calling this a miracle is absurd.

Yes, he did a great job, but I'm confident that ANY pilot flying in the US today would have safely ditched in the Hudson.

This is what ALL pilots should be able to do in an emergency, most commercial and corporate pilots can and many private pilots. You want to see a miracle on a river?
Here is one of pure skill on the part of the pilot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwKqD9ylLo

Here is another example of a more "average joe" pilot doing the same albiet he ended up on a sand bar. Listen to the reporter's questions and the pilot's response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwSniutk7nU

[quote][quote][quote]I will say, this confirms my opinion that putting the captain on a pedestal like the media has done and calling this a miracle is absurd.

Yes, he did a great job, but I'm confident that ANY pilot flying in the US today would have safely ditched in the Hudson.