Thread: Sullenberger Article

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de727ups , 02-14-2009 05:45 PM
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"I must have made some better ones that that. They don't even seem all that incriminating."

I wasn't trying to incriminate. I was trying to stay on topic. But, since you asked, I think this one is "better".

"I do think that airline pilots today are little more than programmable humans who conduct a flight by following a highly scripted and choreographed series of rote memorized procedures and actions. They are manual driven flow chart following automatons who carry out the direction and decisions of others. Dispatch, maintenance control, Boeing engineers and ATC run the show. The pilots are spring loaded to react to situations in a pre-determined manner and if they run off the script will contact others for further direction. The mantra is "Do not think just do". Follow the procedure. Thinking gets pilots into trouble"

Skyhigh 11/19/2008

Wonder who told Sully he couldn't make TEB and that the river was his only option?
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