This guy really had everything going on to give those people the best chance of surviving. He is extremely smart, both educated and a lot of common sense. He was a very experienced commercial pilot and paid attention to detail. He was a very successful military pilot. Before this he served on the NTSB board, so he was aware of the fine details of aviation accidents. He also clearly has a heart and is a true leader, and selfless in a profession that he clearly enjoyed. This is a great example of why loving your career and doing your best every day as a person can pay it forward in the end. Sully delivered.
Don’t forget Jeff Skiles was there, running checklists, trying relentlessly to restart the engines. The flight attendants were instrumental as well. Remarkable crew.
Agreed ++++++ It's why Sully ALWAYS mentions Jeff as an equal partner in the landing (even though they missed the Intrepid docked a few miles away on the Hudson....no one is perfect ...haha). Total team effort.
@The man who didn't follow the damn train Hey bro. When did they allow inmates to use computers in prison? You had a few minutes on the prison computer and you replied to me? What about your girl......oh wait, you like the guys i guess.
I was on this flight....I've never seen an Individual so calm and confident before in my life...Coming out of the cockpit and helping us to evacuate the aircraft safely. Thank you sir for saving all 155 of us, and possibly hundreds of innocent civilians.
Wow! I keep coming back to this interview because I like aviation and expertise in aviation gives me chills. I'm so glad that you and the rest of the passengers survived. You were truly in the best hands. What was the mood like on the plane during the rapid descent and at the evacuation?
@@raysoto6886 I don't think God had anything to do with it, never underestimate the instinct of survival. Pooled with the knowledge and experience those pilots had was what got them through. They are both hereos.
Amen! Sully knows cockpit protocol ~ NOW better than anyone. The public would be well served if Boeing, Airbus, or any other manufacturer private, corporate, or commercial, company pays him for experience, and all the contributions he can offer them. Cockpit discipline and calm is what let this bird fly safely to the earth
@The man who didn't follow the damn train But you don't do either thing as well as you could if you only did one at a time....and I bet his mum is hoping you pick her
mike Lazembie LMAOOO imagine comparing a fucking drummer to landing a plane with no engines in a river while being responsible for the lives of over 150 people. Use your brain.
If you can, try to find his remarks at a senate or congressional meeting about this event. Then another meeting about what happens to airline employees when an airline claims bankruptcy after an event like this. This man is brilliant.
This is a text book example of someone who is so good at what they do, they need no showmanship or flash. It is just raw power, knowledge, and skill. The way Sully explained the events of the crash were so measured and exact, not a single word was wasted or unnecessary. Pure skill.
Let's be true here, Sully had several years and a whole lot of terrible criticism for what happened, he had to get his story exact and he had to relive what happened to a T in order to achieve this composure and understanding.
I disagree but I haven't read from his book. Multitasking definition may vary. When you see a person writing with one hand and using the other to also write... a rare thing but possible. Is that multitasking? In his situation though, that sure wasn't ideal. You need to focus on the essencials in any emergency situation. Actually your pre-set to act that way. Is something still in our nature our survival instinct.
You can multitask. Do 2 things at same time. But it takes you to be calm and not worried or nervous.. He was nervous and could not. Skyles helped a lot..
Well that is the sign of a true Hero. The ones who say they are are usually not the true heroes. It's the same about firefighters saving people in burning buildings, rarely they describe themselves as heroes, but in a lot of cases they are!
Like já said, he knew how his words would impact directly in his crew and the passengers! The whole situation was under control since Cpt Sully was sitting there! Remarkable and admirable human being! Respect this man!
I can't imagine his emotions and thoughts between the point of landing and making sure that everyone was off the plane, and eventually hearing that everyone was alive and accounted for.
Sir Ernest Shackleton had the same feeling in August 1916 when he returned to elephant island to rescue all his crew. He was thrilled they had all survived
Why wouldn't he be calm? The onboard systems were fully operational and making all the calculations for him. Such was not the case with UA-232...they were in unchartered territory. Boy Wonder only had to sit there Fat/Dumb/Happy and raise the Nose.
When he put that aircraft on the water and everyone was evacuated, he walked through the aircraft one more time to see if anyone was still on board. Also I was told he had taken glider training which helped. It was, and will always be, the right call.
He has to go thru the plane to check if anyone was left behind, it's his duty as Captain. Purser has to check on Captain too, make sure Captain is well and able before leaving the aircraft.
Yes so true he when back to make sure no body was inside that was amazing and he show great humility only God to me did that yes where by no life was lost 🙏💯
"I knew it was only a matter of minutes before our flightpath intercepted the surface of the earth." Talk about an intelligent, articulate way of saying, "We're gonna crash soon". What a formidable individual The attitude Sully had of knowing that everything would be alright as long as he never gave up and had everything under control is something we need more of. They say fight until the end, and that's exactly what he did. He saw his options, he knew he'd end up in the Hudson, and he professionally took the risk.
@@sharonwatson4428 Yes dear Watson. He also glided the von Zeppelin & last Capsule from Space. He's an original Wright bros. Glider also. A phenom. Just ask Elvis & Colonel Parker. Sorry, i meant Tom Hanks
I was train driver for 6 years - and I'm not attempting to consider that as being equal to a pilot position - but my instructor said something that stuck in my mind. "Most of the time, your job will be mundane and even boring. But one day, a situation may happen that will require the full use of your decision making skills. That's the day you earn your salary." I think on that cold January day in 2009, Captain Sullenberger earned every single cent he's ever been paid in his flying career.
You are considered to a pilot. You piloted a train. In your world it's called Conductor. Those are words to the wise. I hope he showed you well how to do that. I could not imagine piloting a plane or conducting a train being mundane.
I agree 100%. No one can tell you that you're 'good' at your job if all they've seen is you in optimal conditions. It's the difficult times are the true moments where you're being evaluated. Good job Captain Sully.
I really don't understand our world sometimes.. 205 people disliked this video... A video of a man who saved the lives of 155 passengers in a remarkable moment.. God bless him..
Maybe they were wanting more video footage, maybe they didn’t like that the video was monetised with ads to profit off this, maybe the video wouldn’t stop buffering for them. There’s thousands of subjective reasons somebody might want to hit dislike, you don’t need many brain cells to realise there are more reasons beyond disliking the fact that he saved lives.
So clear, concise and well articulated. No wonder his decision making skills were so good. Lots of people don’t realise that in most incidents in aviation, panic takes over and pilots lose situational awareness. For this man to think so clearly in the face of calamity is absolutely incredible. Hats off!
Sully is a textbook example of a person with exceptional skill and self-confidence, and very little arrogance. He knew exactly what he was capable of without doubting himself, but was willing to accept assistance and request suggestions from Skiles. We should all endeavor to achieve this level of capability and self-awareness.
It's stuff like this that reminds me of what keeps a nation strong - education and character. He was the absolute right man at the right time so that others lived.
I’m here crying listening to this mans account of the event. Such elegance in his words and passion when speaking about his crew mates. Sully sir you are a true hero god bless.
I always come back to this video when I need to be reminded that incredibly skilled people who deeply care for others exist in this world. It always makes me feel better.
Impressive engineering on the plane. Not because it survived the water landing but because it even managed to get airborne while carrying the captains’ massive balls
"Multitasking is a myth. when we think we're multitasking what we're actually doing is switching rapidly between the tasks and not doing them well." A man who knows the truth, and then proved the truth on that fateful day. This guy is a living legend.
Well, he's saying they both were experienced and he needed that from his FO for him to even have a chance to do what he did. They were both critical. Not all Sully, not all Skiles.
Russ H who's the dumbass here? The person who is joking in a sarcastic way, or the person who doesn't understand sarcasm and calls him that person a dumb ass? 🤔
The way Sully speaks is the way he flies his planes is the way Tom Hanks acts - perfection. Just listening to Sully's explanation put me at ease - he describes those split seconds of life-or-death scenario in this video. People of his stature, of such experience are literally able to judge dozens if not hundreds of different outcomes and scenarios and pick the best one. This video is basically the record of what was going through his mind, only speed it up a hundred or more. Water Landin -t'was not a crash, I knew what I was doing.
@@exitscreaming Define: "A lot of people". The internet's a big fucking place, you're going to have to be a bit more specific. Lots of people are racist, degenerate morons. It doesn't make their viewpoints any more relevant.
True. Ppl will be speaking for generations about the idiot who was ordering coffee instead of watching out for the huge visible flocks of Geese known to migrate that time.of yr until reaching a safe altitude.
Every day, people like this man, who you will likely never see, never meet, never speak to, are protecting your life. Police Officers, Fireman, Pilots, Military members, Ambulance drivers, Boat Captains, Doctors, Nurses, and many others. These people are taken for granted, and mostly invisible to the rest of us, until that fateful day when we need them the most. These people deserve your respect and appreciation, even when they are not doing something remarkable. Sully was "just another pilot" before this event occurred, and had it not occurred, none of us would know who he is or anything about his past, or how dedicated he was/is to his craft. We tend to focus on the bad people far too often and not look for the good ones. A lot of pilots drink and fly. A lot of cops do bad things on the job. Lord knows boat captains have cost lives by being negligent. But they are the exception, not the rule. Any of you who do something every day to keep others safe and take your job so seriously that you could do it blindfolded, I want you to know that not everyone takes you for granted.
What an absolutely captivating human being. I feel like I need to take a day off and just listen to anything and everything else Capt. Sully has ever said about anything.
It cannot be stated enough how incredible of a pilot Captain Sully is and was that day. To suffer dual engine failure, at a low altitude, above a heavily populated area is just about the worst possible situation a plane and its pilots could ever be in. Not only to keep control of the situation, perfectly calm, but to also make the necessary decisions and calculations it would take to pull off a water landing and ACTUALLY pull it off with no casualties, and minimal injury to passengers and crew. This man is not just a hero, he’s an example to all other pilots out there of what it means to be the absolute best at what you do.
I was working that day in a company not far from the Hudson river where this happened and suddenly the radio station I was listening broke in to the news announcing that an airplane had crashed into the Hudson river, my first thought was oh my God I wonder if anyone survived! this amazing pilot literally saved all of those passengers lives as well as many others by ditching that airplane on the river!
He is a living LEGEND notice he says we and not me involving everybody as a team 👌 what a gentleman god bless you Sully saving all of the lives onboard truly AMAZING 👏👏👏
Being a pilot and having an experience like this must be a gift, at the end of the day. Even if it wasn't fun at all while it lasted, you are tested to the utmost of your abilities and found worthy. The amount of pride you must feel in yours skills and actions must be tremendous. Being the right person in the right time and place, getting to solve a task like this, must be a huge reward. People were injured, that's unavoidable, but noone lost their life and that is, frankly, incredible. Salute to these people.
As probably thousands of people before me have said, it always seems like he was the single possible person on planet earth, exactly in the right place with precisely the proper experience to save all those people.
@@r0ky_M everyone always does, and it’s really offensive. Why would the hundreds of thousands of other 320 pilots be allowed to fly if sully was the god among men and the other pilots were incapable of water landings ?
@@christophermclaughlin5650 Sully Worshippers also tend to conveniently forget he actually botched the landing, the resulting damage causing the fuselage to fill with water.
A commercial pilot with previous military flight experience, high intelligence, and excellent character-the passengers and crew were truly blessed that day.
I got one great lesson from this. People like this man do their work daily for years and years without anyone noticing. Sully became a hero on a fateful day where he had to use his lifelong experience in an exceptional situation, and is now praised for his intelligence and character. However, there are many more like him all around us, it might be your grandparents, your car mechanic, someone you happen to strike an interesting conversation with at the bus stop. They have no platform, perhaps not even social media, their lives don't revolve around filming themselves dancing and getting likes. They live a life of dedication and duty with lessons worth listening to. The lesson here is, not everyone who has a platform deserves it or has something to say. Get out of your phone, especially young people. Learn from your elders, listen to stories because their wisdom is a free lesson from the future, become fascinated with real-life scenarios, don't think that because you have all the content in the world in your hands you are free ✌🏼
I've tried to live my life by this principle. Someone once said to me, "you're given two ears, but only one mouth, for a reason." Single best piece of advice I ever received.
The “Miracle on Hudson” is one of the most brilliant examples of courage, professionalism, leadership, decision making and prioritization, but above all human collaboration, during tremendous crisis and distress.
I was in Afghanistan when this happened. I remember hearing about it on the news & being awestruck that everyone survived such a horrible, freak accident. Hearing this man speak with such certainty is so impressive.
"When we think we are multi-tasking, what we are in fact doing is switching rapidly between tasks, not doing either of them well.." This just destroyed my daily routine.
In describing his reaction to the bird strike, he basically went through all five stages of grief within a matter of seconds, landed at acceptance, and realized that the situation needed to be taken charge of, and dealt with RIGHT NOW. Incredibly quick thinking, pilots are EXPERTS at managing contingencies extremely quickly. I feel very safe flying knowing that's how pilots operate. They know how to prioritize under extreme stress.
For the people saying, "why he said brace for impact, that's so basic from the movies." Dude, the captain is basically operating a glider with more than a hundred lives in the back and at the same time thinking on what to do to save all the lives. I'm pretty sure most of you would be crying and panicking during a situation like that. All my respect and admiration for Captain "Sully" and his crew.
that's exactly what needed to be said. the plan was gonna hit the water in less than a minute, the only thing you could do is brace for impact and that tells you all you need to know. what was he going to do, give a tour of the hudson?
As a 7000+ commercial pilot, I consider Sully and the first officer true heroes saving hundreds of lives. Their experience and quick thinking in a crisis is something that few pilots would be able to do.
@@r0ky_M Absolutely agree with you. It's no miracle when pilots sailing a commercial plane into a 20°F river whithout someone dying because they are PAYED for it. Money solves everything. Pay them pilots more = No more plane crashes.. You're such a mastemind. Go share your insight with the rest of this planet.
You can tell this was intense because he described 3-4 seconds as an EXTRAVAGANT amount of time. That literally stresses the point that each second counted
I love how three words from the captain were enough to inform the cabin crew of what was happening and how they should respond. Amazing teamwork and crisis management from everyone.
I spent 42 years as an avionics maintenance technician , and flew as a private pilot for 30 of those years. In the course of my work, I often got to fly in the cockpit with the airline pilots. They never failed to impress me with their skill, knowledge and professionalism and I learned so much from them. Captain Sully is the epitome of that professionalism. People all over the world, every day owe their very lives to highly trained, dedicated airline pilots and their cabin crews.
This guy deserves an 12 foot tall statue by the Hudson River in New York. A true hero.
The anarchists/lefties/dem’s would tear it down. 🤪
@@beckyweaver5981 lmao you somehow made this political
Becky Weaver get some help, black lives shouldn’t be political.
@@PB-rz8lz no. They shouldnt. But they make it that way.
It would just be torn down because it's "racist"
I felt like I spent last 12 minutes listening to the most intelligent person on planet.
You did!
He’s told this san same story 10,000 times. Very well rehearsed
@@drdrew3 Yep. He will likely have to tell it another 20k times before he leaves us!!! He is a true stud!!!!
I couldn't agree with you more.
This guy really had everything going on to give those people the best chance of surviving. He is extremely smart, both educated and a lot of common sense. He was a very experienced commercial pilot and paid attention to detail. He was a very successful military pilot. Before this he served on the NTSB board, so he was aware of the fine details of aviation accidents. He also clearly has a heart and is a true leader, and selfless in a profession that he clearly enjoyed. This is a great example of why loving your career and doing your best every day as a person can pay it forward in the end. Sully delivered.
Don’t forget Jeff Skiles was there, running checklists, trying relentlessly to restart the engines. The flight attendants were instrumental as well. Remarkable crew.
Agreed ++++++ It's why Sully ALWAYS mentions Jeff as an equal partner in the landing (even though they missed the Intrepid docked a few miles away on the Hudson....no one is perfect ...haha).
Total team effort.
Well....apparently he sucks at restarting them.
@The man who didn't follow the damn train Hey bro. When did they allow inmates to use computers in prison? You had a few minutes on the prison computer and you replied to me? What about your girl......oh wait, you like the guys i guess.
@@garpikemike1 Try it sometime from the safety of your mommies basement!!!!
Please forgive me for not mentioning all the crew members, they are also great professionals in their field. Jeff Skiles is also a professional pilot.
I was on this flight....I've never seen an Individual so calm and confident before in my life...Coming out of the cockpit and helping us to evacuate the aircraft safely. Thank you sir for saving all 155 of us, and possibly hundreds of innocent civilians.
Wow! I keep coming back to this interview because I like aviation and expertise in aviation gives me chills. I'm so glad that you and the rest of the passengers survived. You were truly in the best hands. What was the mood like on the plane during the rapid descent and at the evacuation?
Can you share me what you experienced. Need to write article. I am from Pakistan.
No you werent lol
Total of professional intelligence and a God gift of talent
Amen
40,000 hours of combined flight experience condensed into 4 minutes of methodical and calculated action = 155 survivors.
That was an excellent day for him and for the people I'm bored and God was with them
Wrong wording I was not bored
@@raysoto6886 first thing he says in this video, “this was the worst day of my life” not an excellent day.
@@raysoto6886 I don't think God had anything to do with it, never underestimate the instinct of survival. Pooled with the knowledge and experience those pilots had was what got them through. They are both hereos.
@@2011Rodders that's your opinion that's fine with myself God has something to do with it too
Others: "PLANE CRASH!"
Captain Sully: "Flight path intersecting the surface of the earth."
Right?!
Sully said-forced water landing....
@@zeke2566
4:05
I knew it would only be a matter of a few minutes before our flight path intersected the surface of the earth
Even during the interview he chooses his words, just like his PA
Glad I’m not the only one who thought the same thing.
The greatest statement "I am well-read to know that Multi-tasking is a myth". This guy is smart.
Amen! Sully knows cockpit protocol ~ NOW better than anyone. The public would be well served if Boeing, Airbus, or any other manufacturer private, corporate, or commercial, company pays him for experience, and all the contributions he can offer them. Cockpit discipline and calm is what let this bird fly safely to the earth
I can multitask, I drink coke while reading and listening to music all the time.
Right.....multitasking is a myth. Tell that to a drummer.
@The man who didn't follow the damn train But you don't do either thing as well as you could if you only did one at a time....and I bet his mum is hoping you pick her
mike Lazembie LMAOOO imagine comparing a fucking drummer to landing a plane with no engines in a river while being responsible for the lives of over 150 people. Use your brain.
Listening to Captain Sully, so eloquently describe that day, was like listening to 12 precious minutes of the most beautiful poetry.
If you can, try to find his remarks at a senate or congressional meeting about this event. Then another meeting about what happens to airline employees when an airline claims bankruptcy after an event like this. This man is brilliant.
This is a text book example of someone who is so good at what they do, they need no showmanship or flash. It is just raw power, knowledge, and skill. The way Sully explained the events of the crash were so measured and exact, not a single word was wasted or unnecessary. Pure skill.
Imagine if it had been a female pilot. 70% of the passengers wouldn't have made it and the video would have been an hour long.
Let's be true here, Sully had several years and a whole lot of terrible criticism for what happened, he had to get his story exact and he had to relive what happened to a T in order to achieve this composure and understanding.
@@Gonken88 words of the back end of a donkey.
@@rutherd9616 Someone's obviously butthurt 😄
@@ryaneye6347 if one could just walk a mile in his shoes...
"Multitasking is a myth", incredibly interesting and wise words. Companies should take note.
I was shocked by his words. Some flight instructors constantly push for multi-tasking.
I disagree but I haven't read from his book.
Multitasking definition may vary.
When you see a person writing with one hand and using the other to also write... a rare thing but possible. Is that multitasking?
In his situation though, that sure wasn't ideal. You need to focus on the essencials in any emergency situation. Actually your pre-set to act that way. Is something still in our nature our survival instinct.
You can multitask. Do 2 things at same time. But it takes you to be calm and not worried or nervous.. He was nervous and could not. Skyles helped a lot..
it sure is. Thats why there is always a first officer to help you out. PIC flies, FO supports and gives you advices.
@@CFITOMAHAWK Do two things at once is doing each at less than 50%. It makes no sense. Don't half ass two things, whole ass one thing.
The fact this video was 5 years ago AND people are still commenting, almost twice a day, speaks volumes.
He doesn't recognise himself as a hero, he recognises himself as doing a job. What a guy, he's so well spoken.
Well that is the sign of a true Hero.
The ones who say they are are usually not the true heroes.
It's the same about firefighters saving people in burning buildings, rarely they describe themselves as heroes, but in a lot of cases they are!
@@srenkoch6127 Than why is he on the. internet every time a plane has engine trouble, move on man.
@@srenkoch6127 Yep
Tom hanks absolutely perfect for the part he portrayed
He's a top flight pilot of course He's well spoken lol
I don’t know someone who is that well spoken
Me fail English? That's unpossible.
@@Sixstringman u gotta point i’ll fix that😂😂😂
Well spoken
Jordan Peterson is the only other person I can think of.
Go check serial killer Edmund kemper lol
“I wanted to sound confident, not agitated because I knew courage can be contagious”
The kind of captain you’d want in any crisis.
Capt Sully- high IQ, common sense, expert critical thinking skills coupled with calm, respectful demeanor. God bless you and your precious family!
true pilot. couldn’t have been a better man to land that plane
This guy could describe opening a bag of potato chips, and I'd be glued to my seat.
Merlin as Pilot for Delta Airlines!
He's a brilliant guy and a tremendous speaker - you're right.
me too
@Onbored, You should do standup. Your comment is irreverent but had me laughing anyways.
@@mikecranapple8878 I didn't mean it to be disrespectful, he just has a good way with words. =)
Last to get out of the plane. 4 hours later got the report that everyone was accounted for - "then my immediate duties were completed".
RESPECT.
Francesco Schettino: ???
Like já said, he knew how his words would impact directly in his crew and the passengers!
The whole situation was under control since Cpt Sully was sitting there!
Remarkable and admirable human being!
Respect this man!
I can't imagine his emotions and thoughts between the point of landing and making sure that everyone was off the plane, and eventually hearing that everyone was alive and accounted for.
Notice how he blinks his eyes rapidly after that sentence.... That ment much to him. He tries not to cry....
Sir Ernest Shackleton had the same feeling in August 1916 when he returned to elephant island to rescue all his crew. He was thrilled they had all survived
People don’t give his first officer enough credit. They both saved hundreds of lives that day
The first officer was patient enough . I give him credit.
@@Paul-bt5yo And very well trained and EXPERIENCED !!!
He mentioned him a,number of times
Im just suprised the plane didn't go down sooner with the weight of Sullys Huge Balls weighing down the entire craft.....
I had a similar concern myself
Bet his pants are tailored.
Best comment I've ever seen and the best sub comment it's so fucking funny laughing so damn hard right now tailored LMFAO
Probably could have completed the flight without the engines if sullys balls weren’t on that flight
Hahaha
Listening to his CVR is amazing because in real life, in a real emergency, he sounded calmer than Tom Hanks did in the portrayal of the incident.
That's professionalism :)
Gives me chills when I hear 'unable'!
Hollywood rarely does the right thing
Why wouldn't he be calm? The onboard systems were fully operational and making all the calculations for him. Such was not the case with UA-232...they were in unchartered territory. Boy Wonder only had to sit there Fat/Dumb/Happy and raise the Nose.
@@LGLDSR71 Wow...
When he put that aircraft on the water and everyone was evacuated, he walked through the aircraft one more time to see if anyone was still on board. Also I was told he had taken glider training which helped. It was, and will always be, the right call.
He has to go thru the plane to check if anyone was left behind, it's his duty as Captain. Purser has to check on Captain too, make sure Captain is well and able before leaving the aircraft.
@@victorromero2621 I hate when people discredit a heroic act by saying “it was their job.” I suppose you don’t tip at restaurants either.
Walking through the aircraft was his job. Failure to do so would have been gross negligence.
@@Chuck86724 No, I would not be the first on the wing. I would help Sully out first and then double check to ensure no one was left behind.
Yes so true he when back to make sure no body was inside that was amazing and he show great humility only God to me did that yes where by no life was lost 🙏💯
If i had to pay 100$ extra for this guy to be my pilot, I'd happily pay every single flight without any doubts or regrets.
As I know captain Sully is retired.God bless him.
@@misasavic5073 still flies though. Maybe you could contract him for private charter flights 😜
"I knew it was only a matter of minutes before our flightpath intercepted the surface of the earth." Talk about an intelligent, articulate way of saying, "We're gonna crash soon". What a formidable individual
The attitude Sully had of knowing that everything would be alright as long as he never gave up and had everything under control is something we need more of. They say fight until the end, and that's exactly what he did. He saw his options, he knew he'd end up in the Hudson, and he professionally took the risk.
Capt Sully will remain a hero for the rest of my life. What an amazing soul.
I could listen to Captain Sullenberger talk for hours. What a well-spoken, thoughtful, intelligent man.
"The morning started just like any other morning. Then we got hit by geese that ignored orders to stay clear from the control tower."
Agree. He's perfect. I love an intelligent man.
lolol A lifetime of financial endowments for supposedly validating another MASSIVE non-event. Despicable NITWIT sellout is more like it. HOAX
He liked Gliding planes which helped him land the plane
@@sharonwatson4428 Yes dear Watson. He also glided the von Zeppelin & last Capsule from Space. He's an original Wright bros. Glider also. A phenom. Just ask Elvis & Colonel Parker. Sorry, i meant Tom Hanks
I was train driver for 6 years - and I'm not attempting to consider that as being equal to a pilot position - but my instructor said something that stuck in my mind. "Most of the time, your job will be mundane and even boring. But one day, a situation may happen that will require the full use of your decision making skills. That's the day you earn your salary."
I think on that cold January day in 2009, Captain Sullenberger earned every single cent he's ever been paid in his flying career.
Fabulous commentary ! 😀
You are considered to a pilot. You piloted a train. In your world it's called Conductor. Those are words to the wise. I hope he showed you well how to do that. I could not imagine piloting a plane or conducting a train being mundane.
I agree 100%. No one can tell you that you're 'good' at your job if all they've seen is you in optimal conditions. It's the difficult times are the true moments where you're being evaluated. Good job Captain Sully.
It is mundane if you are well trained and skilled, otherwise it is not difficult to make a disaster
"brace! brace! brace!
head down, stay down!"
give me the chills
I watched a short from the movie...got goosebumps still 🙂
Out of all the pilots in the world this guy happened to be in the cockpit. So wild.
"I wanted to sound confident not agitated, because i knew that courage could be contagious"
👏👏👏👏👏
I really don't understand our world sometimes.. 205 people disliked this video... A video of a man who saved the lives of 155 passengers in a remarkable moment.. God bless him..
Some people, for whatever reason, just don't get it! ( they are probably
Is not people dum IS THE BIRD THE BIRD PREES DISLIKE
There are kids out there pressing dislike buttons for fun. I know a few who do that because they’re bored, have problems.
Maybe they were wanting more video footage, maybe they didn’t like that the video was monetised with ads to profit off this, maybe the video wouldn’t stop buffering for them. There’s thousands of subjective reasons somebody might want to hit dislike, you don’t need many brain cells to realise there are more reasons beyond disliking the fact that he saved lives.
@@TeamPhantomAlpha People still watch with ads ? :D
Every time I see a documentary with Sully, it brings a tear to my eyes. Such an intelligent, well-spoken, humble person. Sheer professionalism.
So clear, concise and well articulated. No wonder his decision making skills were so good. Lots of people don’t realise that in most incidents in aviation, panic takes over and pilots lose situational awareness. For this man to think so clearly in the face of calamity is absolutely incredible. Hats off!
The fact that he was the last one off the plane is even more amazing, absolute legend.
LySergic D I agree, well said.
Sully is a textbook example of a person with exceptional skill and self-confidence, and very little arrogance. He knew exactly what he was capable of without doubting himself, but was willing to accept assistance and request suggestions from Skiles. We should all endeavor to achieve this level of capability and self-awareness.
There should be a statue of this guy on the Hudson shoreline.
WE NEED TO ENDORSE HIM AS THE PRESIDENT
It's stuff like this that reminds me of what keeps a nation strong - education and character.
He was the absolute right man at the right time so that others lived.
I’m here crying listening to this mans account of the event. Such elegance in his words and passion when speaking about his crew mates. Sully sir you are a true hero god bless.
crew mates. sus
I feel the same!
Me too...and I'm a retired airline pilot with 35 years and 23,000 hours of flying. Nobody could have done it better.
I always come back to this video when I need to be reminded that incredibly skilled people who deeply care for others exist in this world. It always makes me feel better.
Facts!
Incredible articulated description of what happened from a highly intelligent experienced man.
This is honestly one of the only human beings I look up to in another level
No miracle. Just exceptional courage, skill and professionalism.
" You say tomatow I say tomatoe !
Impressive engineering on the plane. Not because it survived the water landing but because it even managed to get airborne while carrying the captains’ massive balls
Wow !
Wow !
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"Multitasking is a myth. when we think we're multitasking what we're actually doing is switching rapidly between the tasks and not doing them well."
A man who knows the truth, and then proved the truth on that fateful day.
This guy is a living legend.
This is what expertise looks like. It’s rare and amazing to see.
I love how he gives credit to the co-pilot who also did an outstanding job and nobody talks about
Humbleness belongs only to the great.
Well, he's saying they both were experienced and he needed that from his FO for him to even have a chance to do what he did. They were both critical. Not all Sully, not all Skiles.
Yeah theyre both responsible for hitting the geese and crashing the plane.
@@garpikemike1 You're more concerned about the fucking geese than the humans? What kind of fucking idiot are you?
This guy looks like Tom Hanks from the movie Sully
Russ H who's the dumbass here? The person who is joking in a sarcastic way, or the person who doesn't understand sarcasm and calls him that person a dumb ass? 🤔
@@rayniss19 OHHHHHHH GET REKT ALEX MASTON
R/wooosh
@@deanangelo5148 woosh like an airplane
Russ H r/wooosh
you were kick ass sir
my father was a 41 year pilot
im sorry he died before he saw your story. he would have been so impressed by you
The way Sully speaks is the way he flies his planes is the way Tom Hanks acts - perfection. Just listening to Sully's explanation put me at ease - he describes those split seconds of life-or-death scenario in this video. People of his stature, of such experience are literally able to judge dozens if not hundreds of different outcomes and scenarios and pick the best one. This video is basically the record of what was going through his mind, only speed it up a hundred or more.
Water Landin -t'was not a crash, I knew what I was doing.
This was so eloquently narrated
"Courage can be contagious" - wise words.
Another way phrase in one word, leadership.
Sully said it was the worst day of his life, but I believe it was his finest hour.
Nobody wants to be forced into a game of probabilities .. with lives in the balance.
both his worst day and finest hour.
A lot of people online say it was staged
@@exitscreaming why would people stage this?
@@exitscreaming Define: "A lot of people".
The internet's a big fucking place, you're going to have to be a bit more specific. Lots of people are racist, degenerate morons. It doesn't make their viewpoints any more relevant.
Not only Americans but the human race should be proud to have this man.
Wish he was in the White House. Courage, skill, competence, concern, empathy.
Meritocracy is not possible
This guy is a legend. That accident should have caused damage, but he saved the day. True hero in real life.
True. Ppl will be speaking for generations about the idiot who was ordering coffee instead of watching out for the huge visible flocks of Geese known to migrate that time.of yr until reaching a safe altitude.
“Because I learned my craft so well, I knew my aircraft so intimately, I could set clear priorities” man I wish they made guys like this still
Captain Sullenberger is and will be the biggest inspiration for all the generations of new Pilots in the years to come.
However, apparently flight instructors will tell them he did wrong. Teachers can suck.
Every day, people like this man, who you will likely never see, never meet, never speak to, are protecting your life. Police Officers, Fireman, Pilots, Military members, Ambulance drivers, Boat Captains, Doctors, Nurses, and many others. These people are taken for granted, and mostly invisible to the rest of us, until that fateful day when we need them the most. These people deserve your respect and appreciation, even when they are not doing something remarkable. Sully was "just another pilot" before this event occurred, and had it not occurred, none of us would know who he is or anything about his past, or how dedicated he was/is to his craft. We tend to focus on the bad people far too often and not look for the good ones. A lot of pilots drink and fly. A lot of cops do bad things on the job. Lord knows boat captains have cost lives by being negligent. But they are the exception, not the rule. Any of you who do something every day to keep others safe and take your job so seriously that you could do it blindfolded, I want you to know that not everyone takes you for granted.
The absolute peak of professionalism
And thats folks, is a real man. "and only then were my immediate duties completed". Holy Shit, I cant bow deep enough for that human being.
Who can dislike this? A Canada goose?
What an absolutely captivating human being. I feel like I need to take a day off and just listen to anything and everything else Capt. Sully has ever said about anything.
It's hard to believe that the plane didn't sink immediately, considering the weight of those 4 massive balls of steel in the cockpit 🔥
It cannot be stated enough how incredible of a pilot Captain Sully is and was that day. To suffer dual engine failure, at a low altitude, above a heavily populated area is just about the worst possible situation a plane and its pilots could ever be in. Not only to keep control of the situation, perfectly calm, but to also make the necessary decisions and calculations it would take to pull off a water landing and ACTUALLY pull it off with no casualties, and minimal injury to passengers and crew. This man is not just a hero, he’s an example to all other pilots out there of what it means to be the absolute best at what you do.
What an articulate speaker and obviously articulate thinker too. This is why this situation ended the way it did. An amazing man.
"Multi tasking is a myth." I've known this for quite some time. You can only do something really well doing it one thing at a time.
That bit on multitasking being quickly switching between tasks and not doing any of them well... Word, CPT. Sully. Word
I was working that day in a company not far from the Hudson river where this happened and suddenly the radio station I was listening broke in to the news announcing that an airplane had crashed into the Hudson river, my first thought was oh my God I wonder if anyone survived! this amazing pilot literally saved all of those passengers lives as well as many others by ditching that airplane on the river!
If ever there were two men who deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom
it is these two.
Do not mess with this man. This is one bad ass pilot. Those passengers are so fortunate this man was flying the plane.
ITS A GOD GRACE
My dads stepsister was a stewardest on this flight, thank you for making the difficult choice, but get everyone out alive!
The pinnacle of emotional intelligence. What a hero.
No, the pinnacle of rational intelligence. He postponed emotion for later. I agree with the hero part.
"Courage can be contagious."
- Captain "Sully" Sullenberger
That is how only true leaders function when faced with imminent catastrophic situations.
I jotted that down when he said it, also "multitasking is a myth."
“Courage is contagious” 😭
He is a living LEGEND notice he says we and not me involving everybody as a team 👌 what a gentleman god bless you Sully saving all of the lives onboard truly AMAZING 👏👏👏
The importance of choosing the right word. The importance of being well read. The importance of having well defined role.
Not to mention: The importance of superb equipment. The importance of superb training. The importance of superb teamwork.
Being a pilot and having an experience like this must be a gift, at the end of the day. Even if it wasn't fun at all while it lasted, you are tested to the utmost of your abilities and found worthy. The amount of pride you must feel in yours skills and actions must be tremendous. Being the right person in the right time and place, getting to solve a task like this, must be a huge reward. People were injured, that's unavoidable, but noone lost their life and that is, frankly, incredible. Salute to these people.
As probably thousands of people before me have said, it always seems like he was the single possible person on planet earth, exactly in the right place with precisely the proper experience to save all those people.
agree, but second officer also contributed
The only person on the planet
who could have done that?..LoL.
.aren't you forgetting all the other
highly skilled A320 pilots?
@@r0ky_M everyone always does, and it’s really offensive. Why would the hundreds of thousands of other 320 pilots be allowed to fly if sully was the god among men and the other pilots were incapable of water landings ?
@@christophermclaughlin5650
Sully Worshippers also tend to conveniently forget
he actually botched the landing, the resulting damage
causing the fuselage to fill with water.
A commercial pilot with previous military flight experience, high intelligence, and excellent character-the passengers and crew were truly blessed that day.
First one in , last one out. I would fly with Captain Sullenberger.
I got one great lesson from this. People like this man do their work daily for years and years without anyone noticing. Sully became a hero on a fateful day where he had to use his lifelong experience in an exceptional situation, and is now praised for his intelligence and character. However, there are many more like him all around us, it might be your grandparents, your car mechanic, someone you happen to strike an interesting conversation with at the bus stop. They have no platform, perhaps not even social media, their lives don't revolve around filming themselves dancing and getting likes. They live a life of dedication and duty with lessons worth listening to.
The lesson here is, not everyone who has a platform deserves it or has something to say. Get out of your phone, especially young people. Learn from your elders, listen to stories because their wisdom is a free lesson from the future, become fascinated with real-life scenarios, don't think that because you have all the content in the world in your hands you are free ✌🏼
Well said👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Very true.
I've tried to live my life by this principle. Someone once said to me, "you're given two ears, but only one mouth, for a reason." Single best piece of advice I ever received.
So true
It just takes one day...he worked for it.
The “Miracle on Hudson” is one of the most brilliant examples of courage, professionalism, leadership, decision making and prioritization, but above all human collaboration, during tremendous crisis and distress.
I was in Afghanistan when this happened. I remember hearing about it on the news & being awestruck that everyone survived such a horrible, freak accident. Hearing this man speak with such certainty is so impressive.
Imagine this is a job interview, and this is his answer to the question, "Tell me about the toughest decision you had to make in your last job."
Gentleman is incredibly intelligent and well spoken no wonder they all survived.
He was a glider too and were they lucky have pilot with them skills.....They must be the coolest people on earth do that job
What a very elegant use of the English language to describe something so terrifying.
I was truly impressed by his eloquence. His words were precise and well-crafted, displaying an unparalleled level of communication proficiency.
"When we think we are multi-tasking, what we are in fact doing is switching rapidly between tasks, not doing either of them well.." This just destroyed my daily routine.
In describing his reaction to the bird strike, he basically went through all five stages of grief within a matter of seconds, landed at acceptance, and realized that the situation needed to be taken charge of, and dealt with RIGHT NOW. Incredibly quick thinking, pilots are EXPERTS at managing contingencies extremely quickly. I feel very safe flying knowing that's how pilots operate. They know how to prioritize under extreme stress.
Made a flight attendant cry here
I started tearing up around 8 minutes when he talked about the flight attendants instructing the passengers in unison. This pilot did an amazing job
For the people saying, "why he said brace for impact, that's so basic from the movies." Dude, the captain is basically operating a glider with more than a hundred lives in the back and at the same time thinking on what to do to save all the lives. I'm pretty sure most of you would be crying and panicking during a situation like that. All my respect and admiration for Captain "Sully" and his crew.
Funny thing was, that was less for the passengers and more for the cabin crew.
that's exactly what needed to be said. the plan was gonna hit the water in less than a minute, the only thing you could do is brace for impact and that tells you all you need to know. what was he going to do, give a tour of the hudson?
This is a guy who is old enough to know what to do without panic and can talk about frankly without bragging. Intuitive is the key here.
As a 7000+ commercial pilot, I consider Sully and the first officer true heroes saving hundreds of lives. Their experience and quick thinking in a crisis is something that few pilots would be able to do.
Heroes?..it's their
payed profession.
And it was no miracle.
@@r0ky_M Absolutely agree with you. It's no miracle when pilots sailing a commercial plane into a 20°F river whithout someone dying because they are PAYED for it. Money solves everything. Pay them pilots more = No more plane crashes.. You're such a mastemind. Go share your insight with the rest of this planet.
@@TrafficDE
Read the NTSB report
and learn something.
@@r0ky_M The NTSB report says nothing about miracle or heroism or how the payment affected the outcome of the crash.
@@r0ky_M someones watched the sully film and sides with the ntsb... shutup you immature armchair expert
You can tell this was intense because he described 3-4 seconds as an EXTRAVAGANT amount of time. That literally stresses the point that each second counted
Yes, quite chilling when coming from the man himself, no documentary or movie will capture this
As a Pilot, this man is who we all look up to. He stayed calm, he did precisely what he needed too, and he FLEW.
I love how three words from the captain were enough to inform the cabin crew of what was happening and how they should respond. Amazing teamwork and crisis management from everyone.
I spent 42 years as an avionics maintenance technician , and flew as a private pilot for 30 of those years. In the course of my work, I often got to fly in the cockpit with the airline pilots. They never failed to impress me with their skill, knowledge and professionalism and I learned so much from them. Captain Sully is the epitome of that professionalism. People all over the world, every day owe their very lives to highly trained, dedicated airline pilots and their cabin crews.
"No one died, I was the last one off the aircraft" American hero!!!
The man is so elegant and well spoken.
@Hello Philip how are you doing?
I can't understand how this man didn't get the presidential medal of freedom, he executed his job to perfection and saved every life.