squirrel 0 #1 February 6, 2009 Just saw (listen too) the tapes of the Hudson river ditching. Love it, love it, love it...this pilot, and ATC, did a great job. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokerstar 0 #2 February 6, 2009 Heard it on the way home, pretty damn remarkable, both the pilot and ATC.Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. --- The Dude --- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #3 February 6, 2009 It's hard to say "we're gonna be in the hudson" that calmly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #4 February 6, 2009 The pilot said he sounded calm on the outside but was going crazy inside. I've worked a few emergencies over the years. You try really hard to stay calm, just like jumpers in the middle of a cutaway. I've listened to a few of my own tapes afterwards. Everyone say "Wow, you sound so calm" but I can hear the seat cushion sucking up my ass.Kudos to all involved. I thought the controller did a good job and Sully and his crew were exemplary. I'll fly with that guy anytime. A true student of aviation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fozz 0 #5 February 6, 2009 I was pretty impressed with ATC, the pilots had 3 runways to choose from in seconds Teterboro made a hole instantly pilot was informed about Newark too It did sound like the departure took it pretty hard after they lost contact. Hope that controller was OK afterwards too.John Fosgate "In the end, its always best to choose the hard right over the easy wrong." LouDiamond MB 4310 www.N3Racing.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #6 February 6, 2009 I've lost a plane before. It is pretty tough, even if you did everything right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #7 February 6, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/05/1549.voice.recorder.tape/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Link for those who haven't heard the tapes yet."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #8 February 6, 2009 Quote The pilot said he sounded calm on the outside but was going crazy inside. I've worked a few emergencies over the years. You try really hard to stay calm, just like jumpers in the middle of a cutaway. I've listened to a few of my own tapes afterwards. Everyone say "Wow, you sound so calm" but I can hear the seat cushion sucking up my ass.Kudos to all involved. I thought the controller did a good job and Sully and his crew were exemplary. I'll fly with that guy anytime. A true student of aviation. I heard that was the 2nd ever, commercial ditching in the history of aviation. (in which no fatalities resulted) ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #9 February 6, 2009 According to Wikipedia, there have been 11 intentional water ditchings by commercial aircraft since 1952 and in all cases some or all of the passengers and crews survived. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #10 February 6, 2009 Quote The pilot said he sounded calm on the outside but was going crazy inside. I've worked a few emergencies over the years. You try really hard to stay calm, just like jumpers in the middle of a cutaway. I've listened to a few of my own tapes afterwards. Everyone say "Wow, you sound so calm" but I can hear the seat cushion sucking up my ass.Kudos to all involved. I thought the controller did a good job and Sully and his crew were exemplary. I'll fly with that guy anytime. A true student of aviation. I know exactly what you mean. I've been in the room with a buddy when he had to tell a family that their mother had cancer. Upon getting the news, the daughter passes out, and the mother, from the stress has a massive heart attack and goes into respiratory arrest. Trying to keep it together and direct the situation requires you to stay calm, but damn if I could not have turned coal into diamonds in my ass. I don't care how many times you do it, it still has that "oh fuck" on you the first few seconds. "If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #11 February 6, 2009 Quote"If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive" This statement is so true!!!She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #12 February 7, 2009 Aviate. Navigate. Communicate. Sounds like he had his ducks in a row. And as you all know he was a former F4 pilot.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #13 February 7, 2009 QuoteAviate. Navigate. Communicate. Sounds like he had his ducks in a row. And as you all know he was a former F4 pilot. The phantom was a great airplane.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
