[quote=bryris;613960]It sounds like Sully pretty much threw CRM out the window, was flying AND talking on the radios and whatever else. Skiles basically rode down with the rest of them.

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Sorry, bud, but the pre-departure brief with my company goes something like this: "In the event of an emergency, I will fly and talk, you will complete the memory items, then use the QRH to complete the appropriate checklist." I think the CRM on this flight was fine.

OBTW: FAA could change the rules about ATP's quickly. Grandfather in the people who are already at a 121 carrier, but require them to get an ATP at 1500 hours, and all new hires need to get it when they complete their initial checkride if not before. This rule would drive down the number of eligible pilots, thus driving up the salaries required to fill the vacancies.

And if you think this would "bankrupt the airlines", let's do math. Say you fly a 50 seater with an average load of 70%, and average four legs a day. That's 140 passengers a day. You do that 200 days a year: that's 28,000 passengers. Increase ticket prices by ONE DOLLAR and you can give both the captain and F/O an additional $14,000 a year. TWO DOLLARS and an F/O could make almost $50K.

Those numbers seem reasonable to anyone?