I have only this to say about the remarkable display of airmanship (not to mention probably the fastest real-world evacuation of a commercial airliner in history) we saw yesterday: If the entire crew (especially the pilot) aren't awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, it is a crying shame.
Who knows how many lives would have been lost if that plane had come down on either side of the Hudson River or crashed into the George Washington Bridge? Ditching an aircraft that perfectly, keeping the nose up and the airspeed low enough that the fuselage stayed intact, is incredibly difficult. Besides, its about time we started giving the nation's highest civilian honor to people who actually deserve it, rather than to hacks who help the president justify a war of choice with crappy, cherrypicked intelligence. I'm looking at you, George Tenet.
If that pilot and crew haven't proved themselves worthy, I honestly don't know who would fit the bill.
Friday, January 16, 2009
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