America West Airlines pilots have made plenty of Miraculous takeoffs and landings. Prevented serious harm to pax and crew many of times throughout the years!!!! HP was one of the safest Airlines to fly with NO CRASHES ON RECORD!!! I am sorry Piney, I know you are defending your opinion but in no way is this jealousy on luv's part.
No one wishes bad or harm upon any pilot and crew, West or East of this magnitude!!! :down:
This is absolutely about jealousy. You can scramble all you want but that is what it boils down to.
Your comments indicate that you completely missed the point about why Sully is a hero. Of course, many pundits missed the point also.
IMO, Sully is a hero because he made a decision early on to ditch the aircraft. He maximized the survival odds for the passengers and crew by taking the longest runway available (the Hudson). He might have made LGA. Then again, he might not. He might have made Teterboro or Newark. Again, there were significant odds that he might not, either overshooting or undershooting, the closest, LGA, with relatively short runways. It was all or none. He and his crew were test pilots with a plane load of passengers with no go-around capability.
This was not about hand flying skill, per se. It was about mature judgement, something that rarely comes without significant experience. I think that is why the entire episode threatens some, I knew it was only a matter of time before an alleged west pilot raised the "god" (reversed, dog) issue. It illustrates how decades of experience in transport aircraft and a mature attitude saves lives, a DOH/LOS issue.
and, I am certain pilots have made "miraculous takeoffs and landings". Perhaps, in some cases, were the pilots more mature, they would not get in those situations that would then require extraordinary efforts to recover.
