NYC media are all over this story - Sully's first line flight since Jan. Rush reassures us no birds in sight.

(Ooops - someone missed his requal trip on 11 Sept.)

Sully is supposed to be on this call-in radio talk show tomorrow, but don't have a link yet on their website. It should be available via the web live or as a rebroadcast.

WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio - About The Diane Rehm Show

Touring for his new book, so you'll see/hear a lot of him in the near term. Daily Show yesterday. Didn't hear much about the book, unfortunately.

You may watch Sully on The Daily Show here.

Interview with Capt. Sullenberger
 

What a tremendous emissary for the profession.

Thirty minute interview at:

WNYC media player

Thanks, Shore Guy, definitely the best interview of Captain Sullenberger I've heard and unencumbered by applause and glitz.

Can't see the interview as requires Flash 9 and current software is Adobe flash 10 - so would need to downgrade to view it! :ugh:

Try this link.....

WNYC media player

What an amazing guy! A truly gifted pilot..............brave, clever, cool........he will go down in history - that's for sure. His nerve, steel and experience is something to be admired, and he doesn't brag or boast about his skills and heroism - he plays it all down!

How proud we would all be to have done what he managed to do against all the odds!

Since it is a radio interview, I fear any version of flash will not be able to let you see the interview..

Sorry for the slightly off-topic post but he just did a TV spot this evening with his family for the Saint Jude (Cancer Center for children) and used the "hero" word somewhat self-deprecatingly (and ironically). Now that was brilliant, and it was using his new-found fame in just the right sort of way.

Maybe the guy really IS a hero of sorts, more for his behavior after the fact. An everyday sort of flying one, but one all the same. He really is the best thing for aviation since the Fowler flap or something ......

To me the thing is that he did everything that all pilots truly hope that they will do if God forbid happens.

A giant among aviators! :ok:

Thanks for that info.. If the linked worked for me I would have found that out!

All I get is this:-

WNYC media player requires Flash player 9.

You can get the interview in a different format at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/10/15 or download the podcast of Leonard Lopate's show (Sully's interlocutor, and a very good interviewer) from iTunes.

So so refreshing to hear an experienced and mature aviator speaking in such an informed and eloquent way about the state of the airline industry. An outstanding ambassador for the airline pilot profession.

If ever there's a role model to follow it has to be Sully.

The Times
"This week Captain Sullenberger landed in London to receive the “Master’s Medal” from the Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators on behalf the crew of US Airways Airbus A320 ....... "
Hudson hero Chesley Sullenberger says cost-cutting airlines are risking lives - Times Online

Daily Telegraph
"Capt Sullenberger was speaking in London during a visit to receive the Master's Medal from the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators."
Hudson River pilot Chesley Sullenberger claims cost-cutting airlines risk lives - Telegraph

I am glad that it was him, out of the many who would have managed the situation as well as he did (or even better, if that is possible), who was that day the pilot in command.
He is brilliant speaker and the best ambassador we could have.

I can't wait to read his "Highest Duty" and I hope I will attend one of his speeches one day and shake his hand.

Hail to you, Captain!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I was with him until he used that cheesy managerial bullsh1t line " going forward".

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I agree.
I have enormous respect for the way in which Captain Sullenberger has taken the opportunity provided by his unexpected and unwanted fame to speak up for all airline pilots.
Apparently he's always been known as a man of few words but, having by chance become a public figure, he has proved to be an excellent ambassador for all airline pilots - not only reminding the public of the responsibility airline pilots bear but IMHO increasing the respect which the public has for the profession.

Evidence to Congress. (9 mins, worth listening to the end.)


I've been very impressed by the way he's come across, and by the dignified way in which both he and, to her credit, his wife have dealt with the inevitable press interest. (No tacky tabloid articles.)

I’m part way through his recently published book Highest Duty. He relates in an under-stated way what happened on the 15th January (less than 15% of the book), but also comments upon the current state of the airline industry with particular emphasis on safety (a subject about which he's written and lectured for many years) and what he regards as the sometimes conflicting interests of safety v costcutting.

I met Capt Sullenberger at the Guild of Air Pilots annual Trophies & Awards Banquet at the London Guildhall on Thursday evening when the entire crew of Flight 1549 was awarded the Master's Medal for their outstanding aviation achievement. They received a prolonged standing ovation from the 650+ people present.
He was everything he's been described as being - modest, understated, rather reserved and clearly putting the ‘celebrity’ status he neither sought nor wanted to good use. I considered it an honour to meet him.
Truly a superb ambassador for your profession. :ok:


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BBC "Today" radio interview 30 Oct -What makes a hero?
 

BBC - Today - What makes a hero?

5min + interview