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Agree with your larger point about the public but strongly disagree on calling it a miracle. What happened with A320 was a rarity, as water landings/attempts are, but not a miracle and a huge segment of the aviation community agrees with me. These aviation message boards, while generally...

Kenny. Skiles himself was quoted in a Wisconsin paper that he's been delayed in getting back to work not because of psychological reasons but because he's been too busy making public appearances on his hero tour. How laughable is that? All I can do is judge these guys based on what they say and...

ha ha ha ha ha ....your list is much closer to the truth than the "we just want to get back to work as soon as possible" spin. By the way the two quotes of mine you highlighted where I used the word mercenary were from the same post on the same day and in response to YOU using that word to...

Ya never put the $43 ketchup on a burger. Ya put the ketchup on the fries along with some salt, pepper and vinegar. :thumbsup: Ya put the $43 mustard on the burger.

Come on Kenny you're really reaching here in trying to justify Skiles hero status. I'm sure in his quiet moments even Jeff must feel a bit embarrassed with the hype. By the way the public would not have held the crew responsible had Sully not been able to pull off that water landing. There was...

Oh please! Just stop with this revisionist history. Sully and Co. didn't say a word for weeks because they had cut an "exclusive" interview with Katie Couric and CBS and were sworn to media silence until it aired. There wasn't enough star power in simply calling a press conference and talking to...

There's nothing to "get over". Simply making observations on this pre-existing thread about the ridiculous and over the top nature of the hype. Cheesehead don't you worry about the boys milking this for all its' worth. Sully was hiring an agent to sell his story before his uniform had dried out...

It's not a low blow at all. It's the truth! Skiles is running around taking bows when he played absolutely no role in landing that plane or saving anyone on that flight. Sully deserves great credit for sticking a beautiful water landing when he had perfect weather/river conditions and no other...

Skiles will be the 1st of the crew to get back to work when he returns next Monday. Says it's not psychological that he's been away for so long but he's simply been too busy taking bows (for what I don't know-perhaps not completing his checklist and forgetting about the ditch switch??) all this...

Skiles took 3 months off?? For what?? He sustained no injuries and there was no crash or loss of life to recover from emotionally. They just dont make pilots like they used to.

Are you comparing the configurations of the space shuttle to that of a commercial jet?? :nono: Doesn't fly!! (pun intended) The issue here is quite simple. A jet that loses power at 10,000 feet will touchdown on the water at a different angle than a powerless jet descending down from 3,000...

Say what?? "How does altitude at engine failure affect the glide angle at touchdown"? You might want to rethink this. At least I hope you do. The glide angle at touchdown for a jet suffering power loss and descending down from 3,000 feet is quite different from that of a jet suffering power...

Of course there was timing and skill involved. Sully deserves much credit for sticking that landing beautifully. He couldnt have done it any better. HOWEVER if you listen to the media hype you'd think a water landing has never been tried before nevermind sucessfully pulled off. "It's a...

My point exactly!! Despite all the media hype surrounding Flt1549 (there are rumors Larry King has exclusive interview rights with the remaining members of the bird family) the bottomline is ditching planes successfully on water is far from a miraculous feat. It's actually quite doable as these...

I'm not sure which is the funnier statement here. You not being able to find the ego in Sully's love me if you must statement or you thinking few if any other pilots could have stuck that landing in the Hudson. That (his only option) landing, on a smooth and wide body of water with no traffic...

Uh Greg....EVERY post on this board is someone's opinion. Why are you all so threatened by a contrarian point of view? Is this the the Pilots of America Message Board or the Lemmings of America message board? Lighten up people!! Didn't your hero Sully show you that life it too short?? :D

Don't forget to watch your hero on Letterman tomorrow night. Dignity all the way!!

Uh that's not what he said Missa. Very nice spin though!

Jesse I really hate to burst your Sully hero worship bubble but his media tour starts tomorrow. Since $ully gave 60 Minutes the exclusive rights to his 1st interview and it's been aired tonight Sully is now free to rev up his big media splash (pun intended) tomorrow. :D Such a humble hero our...

Wow!! All I can say is Sully had better drop the robotic "call me a hero if you must" personna or America will start to dislike this guy very very quickly. This may be a case where the Legend of Sully is better viewed from afar. BTW, anyone else turned off by the whole made for TV quality that...