Bird strike cover up?
I haven't had chance to go through all the pages of this discussion so apologies if this has already been covered.
I caught the end of the O'Reilly factor on Fox News this morning and Geraldo flashed up an FAA report from 2 days prior to the Hudson river landing stating that the same plane embarking on the same sector suffered a climb out engine compression failure and had to turn back and land which obviously it did so safely. Apparently Geraldo was on the case and would let everyone know - haven't seen any follow up to this as yet.
This might explain why Sullenberger has been kept away from the public eye since the landing! Of course, going by the principal of believing nothing you read and only half of what you see I'll wait until the official version of the truth is out.