By: steve rowell - 27th January 2009 at 10:46
One thing that annoyed me about the news reports of this crash was that every reporter seen praised the captain but not the co-pilot and cabin crew. The captain was celebrated throughout the USA as a true hero.
OK, the captain probably had the controls, and deserved the accolades, but the co-pilot was probably working damned hard too!
Bri 🙁
The co-pilot was flying the take off leg so he gets the blame for flying into the Geese
By: bri - 27th January 2009 at 10:42
One thing that annoyed me about the news reports of this crash was that every reporter seen praised the captain but not the co-pilot and cabin crew. The captain was celebrated throughout the USA as a true hero.
OK, the captain probably had the controls, and deserved the accolades, but the co-pilot was probably working damned hard too!
The reports also made the point that the captain walked through the cabin to make sure all persons were out before leaving himself, but didn’t the cabin crew have something to do with that as well?
BAHH, STEENKING NEWS MEDIA!!
Bri 🙁
By: Hand87_5 - 27th January 2009 at 08:39
Hi
Canadian suicide geese. :D:rolleyes:
Cheers
Jerry
That’s good 🙂 !!
By: steve rowell - 27th January 2009 at 06:57
Jay Leno, The Tonight Show, Jan. 15, 2009:
“US Airways has a new slogan: When you can’t decide on a flight or cruise.
“Did you hear about this? This is pretty scary. A US Airways flight out of LaGuardia had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River after it apparently hit a flock of geese. Luckily, everybody was rescued. The pilot did a wonderful job. The emergency workers did a great job. They saved everybody. The airline tried to blame it on the birds, but a spokesman for the geese say, hey, they were honking all the way.
“They showed the plane floating on the Hudson River. All the passengers evacuated using life vests – well, those that had $25.
“Here’s the amazing part – they actually could have landed in Newark, but people said, no, we’ll take the river. Thank you, we appreciate it…
“Rescuers not only got all the passengers out of the Hudson River, they also pulled up three mob bodies that had been thrown in there, too.
“People are wondering now how they were going to get the plane out of the river, but the FAA said today since it was the Hudson River, the airplane will probably just dissolve in a week or so.
“And I thought this was nice. US Airways said that each passenger will still get three frequent-flier miles. They will get credit.”
By: steve rowell - 27th January 2009 at 03:21
Ooooh Jerry…you’ll upset the humourless souls amongst us
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