National Hero

What a thrill to watch something actually go well!

Who knew that US Airways’ smaller planes had such great pilots? Who ever knows anything about the pilot – in whose hands we place our lives?

Yet because Captain Sullenberger saved the lives of 150 passengers and crew on a US Airways flight that went bad by quick thinking, good training and instincts I will think about the US Airways brand very differently in the future. This was a regional flight. If I had gotten off this flight with no incident, would I have thought this white haired guy was just a little over the hill? Yet how many years, how much time does it take to become Captain Chesley Sullenberger (57 years of age), prepared to take this plane down in this complex situation with no human loss? 57 years perhaps? And consider the alternative.