The plane incident with US Airways..

LordKefka · January 15, 2009, 09:43:43 PM

I'm pretty sure many of us have heard of what happened today with the US Airways incident.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_us/plane_in_river_pilot

Srsly though, this guy IS awesome. To be so collective during that situation and beyond.... I would have jumped out the plane..>.>;;

Steve.Young · January 15, 2009, 10:12:45 PM

The way the article was written made it seem like a "Oh yea, it was cool" kind of feel to it.

LordKefka · January 15, 2009, 10:15:45 PM

Yeah. I can't find the other articles anymore about the incident. Only one I can post xP

Then again, I only use Yahoo news since I'm lazy to click my mouse for other sites..>.>;

Rodney_Pheonix · January 15, 2009, 10:24:08 PM

The pilot deserves a medal. That was a textbook emergency water landing. Hell the NYC disaster response was all textbook. I was watching the news during lunch break today, though I really wasn't paying attention at first. I looked up, saw the caption. Flight Crash in NYC. My first thought was. "****...another September eleventh." Then I saw it was a water landing, so I figured. "How big of a bird was it?"

JTchinoy · January 16, 2009, 01:56:50 AM

birds. it was a whole flock i heard. osama needs to train better terrorist birds. they didn't fly into the engines at the right time.

that pilot deserves a Fing cookie

Kandybar · January 16, 2009, 01:03:16 PM

I can see it now. Mayor Bloomberg offers key to the city to the pilot, and all he says is, "Oh, thank you, but I'd rather have a cookie."

JTchinoy · January 16, 2009, 02:19:59 PM

Quote from: Kandybar on January 16, 2009, 01:03:16 PM
I can see it now. Mayor Bloomberg offers key to the city to the pilot, and all he says is, "Oh, thank you, but I'd rather have a cookie."

How about a Key to the city with a bucket of cookies tied to the end of it. :O

Gatsby · January 16, 2009, 02:51:24 PM

Quote from: JTchinoy on January 16, 2009, 02:19:59 PM
Quote from: Kandybar on January 16, 2009, 01:03:16 PM
I can see it now. Mayor Bloomberg offers key to the city to the pilot, and all he says is, "Oh, thank you, but I'd rather have a cookie."
How about a Key to the city with a bucket of cookies tied to the end of it. :O

Or or... the key to a cookie factory. :D

But on a serious note, that guy handles pressure extremely well.

potatofreek · January 16, 2009, 09:11:30 PM

That guy is awesome. I agree he deserves a cookie. I would've panicked.

XpHoBiaX · January 17, 2009, 02:18:18 AM

He had been in the military. Apparently he was in the Army, and I guess he flew planes or something. So he had experience beforehand. I had to leave when the news people where talking about it, so I dunno. I think it's cool that he saved lives, and that he is being rewarded.

jazmatazz · January 20, 2009, 11:38:29 AM

he was a fighter pilot in the air force apparently... not surprised he was able to remain so calm and collected - a lot of the pilots that i work with are under constant pressure and they gotta handle it well else things go boom. :)

nevertheless, yay u.s. airways dude! and damn you birds! (FYI, certain personnel that work on the flightline are trained to shoot at birds. LULZ.)

Jerry · January 20, 2009, 11:42:25 AM

I'm still suprised on how bird(s) could take down not 1 but 2 engines...

again its awesome of him to save 155+ (considering the familes of the ppl on the plane) a LOT of grief.

not everyday the news is actually GOOD news.

oh and something about a new president got sworn in today.

I wonder if anyone started a thread about that yet. ::)