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I live on the NJ side of the Hudson River, but the day of Sully's emergency landing I was on a Caribbean cruise, exercising on a treadmill with a built in TV. All of a sudden - I was looking at news footage of MY building with a plane landing in the Hudson... wierd, small interconnected world, right? Thanks for a wonderful interview!

I heard from someone on the water that that the wind chill from hovering helicopters increased the hypothermia of those on the wings and water.

Is that so?

Great interview. How fortunate those passengers were to have him as their captain that day.

I can't resist ribbing Sully a bit. I appreciate everything he did and the trauma of the experience. At the same time, he did get to go to the Super Bowl, the inauguration, and a slew of other events. Please ask him what the best post-event benefit he appreciated.

Len--Ask him why anyone wants to be an airline pilot given the fact that each trip across the continent exposes one to a heavy dose of dangerous radiation.

what a day!

http://www.vimeo.com/3783639

Enjoy!

I just want to thank Sully and his crew for their incredible actions that day. I'm further grateful to him for handling the aftermath with such honesty and apparent calm. In an age when people wildly celebrate the most routine accomplishments (a tackle in football, a jump shot in basketball), it's admirable to hear someone share credit for his accomplishments and also admit to human emotions.

God bless you, Sully, and thanks

I thought what he said about being a 'hero' on 60 Minutes was very good - "People need me to be a hero (to suit themselves), and that is OK, but I didn't ask to be one."

Q: "what is the difference between an airplane pilot and a pizza?"

A: "a pizza can feed a family of four."

(a pilot told the joke on car talk)

See, not all considerate people are Democrats

I know there have been thousands of flights on that same route since the event and I am headed that same route for Thanksgiving, should I be afraid? Have they done anything since about the birds at Kennedy ?

Good job Lenny - finally you have an American hero on deck. Hurrah for Sully!!! In an age of duplicitous weasels, a few real folk remain - Sully is one of them.

Up to the point of Capt. Sullenberger’s remarkable landing, I had always thought that a large jet aircraft would break apart upon hitting the water. It is for that reason that I have not paid much attention to the emergency instructions given by crewmembers in the moments just prior to takeoff. Are there any other situations in the past involving a large aircraft “landing” on water and not breaking into pieces?

I see that Captain Sully is scheduled to be a guest on the Diane Rehm show 11AM to 12N and on Leonard Lopate some time between 12N and 2PM. Since even with the most graceful landing, the captain cannot be in two places at the same time, one of those interviews was obviously prerecorded. I hope that Lenny's program was the spontaneous, up-to-date interview.

My father was a pilot for TWA in the glamorous era of air travel. My brother was a Navy pilot during the Viet Nam era (although he didn't go to war). I asked him if they would have been able to do what you did and he said yes, that all pilots are trained to do that very thing.

I think it's bravado on his part. I do know one thing about each of them. Even if they were able to land the plane safely on the Hudson, they would have been the first off the plane and never looked back.

You are an extraordinary man.

What do you think of the lack of respect for pilots these days? I'm glad my dad isn't here to see what has become the bus station attitude toward air travel. Especially at a time when airplanes are used as weapons, the pilot and crew deserve more.