Hudson River Landing caught on Tape

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Here's the landing of the USAirways Jet that ditched into the Hudson. That pilot is "da bomb".
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Hero Pilot (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IC7gBV_jUR0&eurl)

[MmacFN]

damn

[jwk]

This will truly be remembered as one of the most amazing feats of airmanship ever.

[StillWaiting]

This will truly be remembered as one of the most amazing feats of airmanship ever

no kidding. I'm really surprised the wings didn't break up. Landing was smooth though. Looks like he set the tail down first and it maybe helped stabilize the plane to keep it from turning when it hit the water.

[infidel]

Not to take away anything from the pilot...I am sure he has more time doing pre-flights alone than I have in my log book... BUT... I do not think he was a hero.. an exceptionally good pilot... yes.... hero.. I do not think so.

Consider this... he had a vested interest in keeping the plane in one piece....

My feeling is he earned his pay that day... nothing more.

When something goes wrong with your patient and you save him/ her, against all odds.. are you a hero? or an exceptionally good CRNA?

We are involved in the care to our patients.... that pilot was committed... as someone once said... " Consider a breakfast of bacon and eggs..... the chicken was involved.... but the pig was committed".

[JumpNurse]

Not to take away anything from the pilot...I am sure he has more time doing pre-flights alone than I have in my log book... BUT... I do not think he was a hero.. an exceptionally good pilot... yes.... hero.. I do not think so.

Consider this... he had a vested interest in keeping the plane in one piece....

My feeling is he earned his pay that day... nothing more.

When something goes wrong with your patient and you save him/ her, against all odds.. are you a hero? or an exceptionally good CRNA?

We are involved in the care to our patients.... that pilot was committed... as someone once said... " Consider a breakfast of bacon and eggs..... the chicken was involved.... but the pig was committed".

Fo Sho. I agree, he did a good job. But afterall, that is his job. Like my flight instructor used to tell me 'Don't ever forget the 5 p's. Proper preparation prevents piss-poor performance.' Still worth a high five though, could've turned out a lot worse. Especially coming out of LaGuardia, there is nowhere to go but densly populated areas or the water.

[Anthony]

When something goes wrong with your patient and you save him/ her, against all odds.. are you a hero? or an exceptionally good CRNA?

A rock star actually:)

But for the pilot - yeah he did his job - but kuddos to him regardless...I'd buy him a beer (or two)....

[Teillard]

Not to take away anything from the pilot...I am sure he has more time doing pre-flights alone than I have in my log book... BUT... I do not think he was a hero.. an exceptionally good pilot... yes.... hero.. I do not think so.

Consider this... he had a vested interest in keeping the plane in one piece....

My feeling is he earned his pay that day... nothing more.

When something goes wrong with your patient and you save him/ her, against all odds.. are you a hero? or an exceptionally good CRNA?

We are involved in the care to our patients.... that pilot was committed... as someone once said... " Consider a breakfast of bacon and eggs..... the chicken was involved.... but the pig was committed".

WTF?!!? You have GOT to be kidding. Don't minimize what this guy did. All of the comparisons of anesthesia to aviation make anesthetist feel pretty cool, but the fact is, it is pretty nice only having to consider the life of one patient at a time without the inconvenient burdon of thinking of your own too (and your family and the families of the 100+ souls on board and the people on the ground). It is not the same thing. He greased that landing after considering a what must have seemed like a million options, all of which involved the likelyhood of his own death. He pared them down, chose the right one and...well, you saw the video. Sure, he did his job, but since when can't you call a guy a hero an extrodinarily job well done?

[RAYMAN]

A hero is usually just a regular guy taking the bull by the horns and doing what needs to be done when no one else is/can doing it.............

[pavementpounder]

A hero is usually just a regular guy taking the bull by the horns and doing what needs to be done when no one else is/can doing it.............

The following definition of hero was found online: A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hero

This guy was just doing his job and I'm sure he is probably a humble guy. However, I'm sure the last thing on his mind when he had about 3-5 minutes from the time he lost his engines until he hit the water, was his job or the cost of a plane.He was worried about his life and everyone else on the plane.

He is a hero in every sense of the word. He had the courage to make what turned out to be the right decision. He was just doing his job and what he was trained to do but so are many of our soldiers that protect all of us. I hope no one questions their heroism either.

[infidel]

WTF?!!? You have GOT to be kidding. Don't minimize what this guy did. All of the comparisons of anesthesia to aviation make anesthetist feel pretty cool, but the fact is, it is pretty nice only having to consider the life of one patient at a time without the inconvenient burdon of thinking of your own too (and your family and the families of the 100+ souls on board and the people on the ground). It is not the same thing. He greased that landing after considering a what must have seemed like a million options, all of which involved the likelyhood of his own death. He pared them down, chose the right one and...well, you saw the video. Sure, he did his job, but since when can't you call a guy a hero an extrodinarily job well done?

I stand by my statement that he was nothing more than an exceptionally good pilot and did EVERYTHING right according to his training.... power loss on take off.. lower the nose... set up glide...look for a landing spot...attempt restart...it is EXACTLY what his 40+ years of flying made him ready for.

A HERO would be the flight attendant who did the same thing.

[Range]

very neat process...