1800 RVR get off your high horse.....and go land in low fog...........

 

Maybe I'm a sucker for the media machine, but I came away from the interview far more impressed than I've ever been with Capt Sully. He embodies everything that a professional pilot should be. It gives America a glance at what a professional pilot really is; the same men and women that safely command thousands of flights everyday. It gives America something to be proud of and have hope about. It makes me proud to be an airline pilot.

 

We will all have to wait for more info. However, on the assumption that they lost both motors completely, they would be in the emergency electrical configuration (RAT was reported as deployed which lends credence to this). Therefore, the "magic" you refer to would not be available. Hydraulics would be provided via the RAT and the Blue hydraulic system. Flight controls would be in Alternate Law, not Normal Law which you alluded to in your post. Sully had a degraded PFD that would have stall speed indicated, but both FACs were offline (unless he eeset FAC1) and in Alternate Law, the aircraft can be stalled.

Outstanding job by everyone in the air and on the ground/water!

Lee

 

Part of my briefing is "I don't have a single pilot authorization on my type rating". Having said that, I am a little tired of the "what about the FO" posts that seem to pop up in all of these Sully threads.

As was mentioned earlier, this is an opportunity for our profession. We should put aside all the pettiness and embrace the fact that the biggest national hero at the moment is one of us.

The media rarely, if ever, is accurate when reporting on anything related to aviation. We all should know this by now. This is not the time to educate the media on crew concept, they don't care. It is the time to ask... "How much am I worth now?"

 

I agree with your post 100%. I am very proud - proud of ALL OF THEM! I'm not trying to take anything away from them - they did what they were trained for. This type of attention is much better than the alcohol allegations that have been rampant of late. Like I said earlier, it really isn't that big of a deal. They are definitely excellent role models.

 

Couple of thoughts...

First of all, I was not able to watch the 60 Minutes episode with the 1549 crew. However, in several of the newspaper articles, etc. that I have read in the days following the accident, "Sully" has stated on numerous occasions that it was indeed a team effort.

Secondly, is it possible that "Sully" offered to have his co-pilot sitting next to him for the interview and the guy declined?

Finally, maybe the rest of his crew consisted of a bunch of tools. Maybe a Captain on this board can enlighten me, but wouldn't it be great to steal the thunder of that moronic F.O. that's been annoying the cr - p out of you for the past 4 days?

Just my .02.

Personally, I think we should enjoy the positive news while it lasts. It's only a matter of time until a pilot reports to work drunk again, an airline strands passengers on a plane for 16 hours with no food and overflowing lavs, or, heaven forbid, the flock of geese strike again and a man like "Sully" isn't at the helm.

 

He started APU immediately so he had electrical configuration for Normal Law on flight controll and..........I am not sure but I believe you have to have total electrical failure for the anti stall system to fail...
I have a very good friend in the training department at an Airline that operates 320s so I will ask about that........

 

Since you obviously have little knowledge of the intricacies of alpha prot, L/Dmax and more, why don't you just ask the Airbus pilots who are talking to you on this forum? They are typed in the thing and fly it...

 

Are these posting?????????

 

IMO, the post you referred to was inaccurate. They would have been in Alternate Law, the plane can be stalled, they were ditching with slats only assuming only Blue hydraulics, all while making a first attempt at ditching a 140k glider!

Great job by the crew in the air and on the ground!

Lee