EXACTLY! The guys here with the straw man arguments...stating the obvious, that the water landing was a great event and we should give the crew credit; or that any criticism of Sully for not giving his crew more credit comes from jealousy...are just that...straw man arguments. I've rarely heard anyone criticize Sully for the landing, so how about skipping that?
Anyhow, I've been reading through this thread after seeing a more recent interview with Sully which popped up on youtube where someone mentions this forum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Eb...-0k9ORRULKS5ov. As others have said, most Captains I know would never use the word "I" as much he Sully does in nearly every interview, and neither would I. Sure, he plays lip service on occasion to the contributions of his other crew members, but then goes right back to talking about himself. As someone pointed out, if Sully was such a great guy, he could simply refuse any interview without his co-pilot, which would be totally appropriate if he really felt his First Officer contributed. I wasn't impressed at all...he really seemed full of himself, and appears to only mention his copilot as a dutiful side note, then goes on to describe how well read he is, and even how he invented the term "Brace for impact". Yeah, he makes it sound like that was something he thought of, in the spur of the moment.
The attacks by some here on guys who are simply saying Sully should have given far more credit to his co-pilot are really a bit over the top. The cult-like worship of the guy is a little too much. Maybe the defense of Sully's self-centered behavior has to do with something else, like Sully's laughable endorsement of Biden last year? Just saying...