Captain Chesley Sullenberger has retired

[malaise]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124279881
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"Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it," Sullenberger said in a statement. "In spite of the best efforts of thousands of my colleagues, that is not the case today.

"Though I am retiring, I will continue to serve as the same kind of advocate I have always been — not only for aviation safety, but for the airline piloting profession. I will work to remind the entire industry — and those who manage and regulate it — that we have a sacred duty to our passengers to do the very best that we know how to do."
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Enjoy your retirement great man.

[madokie]

1. What a great man he is

I wish the world had many more just like him
Thanks for the post :hi:

[malaise]

2. Yes he is one of those genuine

heroes. Nothing artificial about Sully. :hi:

[Captain Hilts]

3. I really thought that Time Magazine would make

him, Susan Boyle and Captain Philips 'person of the year'.

'Ordinary' folks that came to the fore in the spring, that turned out not to be so ordinary.