Pilot Chesley Sullenberger’s Extensive Experience Helped Land Plane

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Parrish of NM @ May 21, 2009 18:01:59 PM

Experience is a great teacher!! Hail to the Captain! I applaude your humble character!!

Jlesser of AZ @ Jan 23, 2009 08:56:56 AM

Sullenberger/Flight 1549

I would like to congratulate the Pliot and Crew Member for a job well done. It is nothing wrong with be an old veteran and worker especially when you are experienced and know you job well. He is dedicated to his career and to his crew members and passenager when they are on his plane. I know the angels was helping him guide that plane to safety. The Lord (Jesus) was working in their behalf. I want to thank him for a job well done and may the hands of the Lord continue to guide him as he fly those plane.

I have never flown in my life time and I am 56 years old and I will never fly. The only wings I will ride out of this earth on is the wings of my Heavenly father who is up in heaven looking down on us. I must say my hat is off to those who like flying but not me. I will stay on the ground.

May God Bless you Sully and keep you!!

Sharon Antoinette Lewis of AR @ Jan 22, 2009 21:54:22 PM

Keepinhg a cool head in the unthinkable sitiation!

My Brother Gene,

A Pilot with considerable experiences, in single and multiple engine crafts,incl. 4 thousand hours of IFR experience, on his final day on earth he piloted a 7 passenger single engine Cessna, which was converted into a freighter. While climbing out of Casper, Wyo. up the mountain pass, well loaded with freight, his engine stopped 3/4 of the way up to the summit.

This happened during the period of the air controllers strike, thus his Mayday was not heard, as the control tower was vacated. Sadly he lost his life at the end of a box canyon.

The following morning i rented a Cessna 210 out of Mpls Minn. and flew immediately to Casper Wyo. there met with the NTSB investigators, the Sheriff drove us near to the crash site, after a considerable hike we could see the crash site down in the valley below. Thus we witness the straight and level path the plane cut through the growth of Aspen trees as he tried to land.

Apparently after Engine failure, Gene turned back, glided through a valley along side of the mountain for over 2 miles, continually losing altitude, until he reached the box end, canyon, then had no choice but to try to land.

The safety inspectors were amazed to see, just how level a path the plane cut, attempting to land into that growth of aspen trees, as the path his airplane cut was as level, as if he was landing on a actual runway! This he did without his engine, as one blade of the 3 blade propeller stood straight up, undamaged, showing that the engine was standing at time of the attempted landing into those trees. Also the master switch was shut off,so it would not catch fire on impact.

The inspector spoke to me with a tear in his eye, shook my hand and said ,your brothers skill and courage was unremarkable! He did everything correctly! in the unique way he kept his cool to the end. Similar as to what Capt. Skully did!

Note! had the safety net held, he would have survived, but one of the larger freight boxes, constructed of wood, contained a heavy aircraft engine, upon impact it cut the net the freight slid stopping against the Pilot seat, and crushed him. After that the rules have changed, and they began to place a bulk head behind the Pilot's seats, Had a bulk head been in place that day, he would have survived. Too bad some one needs to die, before changes are made.

I loved him dearly and will never forget his courage!, his career had just begun, as he was only 28 yrs of age.

We should be proud of the bravery and courage, that Pilot's show under the greatest of stress.

Capt. Sully" did just that! I salute you" Your my hero! Ed Nicolay"

PS i welcome comments! Thank's Ed

Ed Nicolay of WI @ Jan 22, 2009 18:55:32 PM

Sully Has No Pension

U.S. Airways voided its pilot's pension plan a few years ago through the bankruptcy process - http://tinyurl.com/8k7cvq

Sully has a Safety Consulting business - http://safetyreliability.com

Maybe he should use all of the media coverage to build his consulting business so he has a decent retirement income.

John Harper of CA @ Jan 18, 2009 19:52:58 PM

Experience matters

Thank God for the pilot's experience. Thank God the airline was smart enough to keep someone as old as 57. In our youth oriented society this should be a wake-up call that experience that comes with age matters.

Barbara of CA @ Jan 17, 2009 13:22:03 PM

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Gratuluji k Vaší rozhodnosti a uměni vzit na sebe odpovědnost a vést lidi v kritické chvíli. Jsem šťastná, že existují lidé jako Vy, je to jiskra života pro nás všechny, kterou někteří umí předávat jako Vy.

S láskou, Marie Sládková (69 years), Czech rep.

Marie of AL @ Jan 17, 2009 12:34:02 PM

Chesley Sullenberger

I am an Illinois State Trooper who whas forced to retire because I had reached the age of 60.

When I am seated in an aeroplane I always watch to see the pilot and co-pilot board the plane. When I see a uniformed, gray haired pilot in his late 50s carrying a beat up brief case and followed by a cocky neatly dressed co-pilot with spit shined shoes any stress about flying completely leaves me. The plane may be old and sometimes tattered but I KNOW that whatever happens during the flight that captin has seen it all and will bring the plane safely and smoothly down. Now if by some quirk of fate he should have a physical emergency the co-pilot can probably bounce the plane dowm. Even if the plane was going strait down this old guys voice and steady hands would never waiver. Congradulations Sully, you are the man.

Roger S. Schmidt Illinois State Police Sr. Mstr. Trooper, ret. of IL @ Jan 16, 2009 21:38:40 PM