Originally Posted by
richardthethird
Yes, my mistake. It was an excellent show of airmanship! Bravo, bravo.
Decision making lesson 101 - forget TDODAR, introducing:
Panic
MAYDAY!!!
Dive to VNE
Fine the prop
Richen the mixture
Coarsen the prop
Lean the mixture
Fine the prop
Richen the mixture
Select an inappropriate part of the field to bounce across
Maintain VNE
Drop the gear as you come into the flare
Maintain VNE
DO NOT slow down
Test the suspension
Scrape your pants out in the portaloo
Upload to YouTube
One needs to know all the variables before they can criticise this pilots actions. Nitpick all you like but the fact remains that His actions saved everybody onboard and kept the aircraft in one piece while doing it.
We have no idea about aircraft handling with the damage or how it would have handled at a different speed or configuration. No idea about how W&B was affected. Yes he could have done things a million different ways but the fact that his decision worked should count for something. Sully could have glided it onto a runway if he had reacted immediately, it doesn’t make what he did wrong. Similarly, in hindsight we can scrutinise every detail of what this guy did but in the end of the day he as the commander of the ship used his emergency authority to do what he did and saved the aircraft and its occupants. Job well done in my book.