Isn't Crashing into the Hudson Putting Passengers in Deeper Shit?

Current mood:  argumentative

Is it distasteful to call the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Hudson a hack? When most crashes are investigated, the error is usually not mechanical, it is the pilot at fault.

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Don't sell me the bird(s) in the engine theory. Bruce Willis put a big black guy through a jet engine in the second "Die Hard", and that plane took off with no mechanical trouble. It took a "Yippi Kai Yay Motherfucker" to put that jet to rest.

It is good, sorry...great that he was able to land the plane. That is until the contamination law suits start pouring in (it is not like he crashed in to Perrier Lake), but does that make him a hero?

If I was able to recover my car after sliding on black ice thus not ending up in a ditch, the other people in the car would give me a slap to face straight out of "Every Which Way But Loose" and declare in unison that I was a dumb ass or I'd hear, "you didn't see the ice?" It is certain that if the car ends up in the ditch, they'd do the same to me.

For me to walk out of an accident like that with praise: the car would have to roll a couple of time, end up right side up, and I'd have to be able to hit the gas and jerk the vehicle out of the way of oncoming traffic.

Isn't that all this incident was? He landed in a river instead of burning up in Central Park. To hell with investigating the incident, this lucky son of a bitch should have more brain trauma than the panicky chick in "Airplane".

So I guess it is not how you mess up, it is all about how exciting and how many people were involved, sorry...I meant to say saved. This only leaves me with the fear that some attention starved school bus driver will think they can top this.

Also, has anyone thought about the similarities to this and the "Airport 2007" episode of "Family Guy"?  This may have been a setup by an attention-starved pilot or even a struggling airline. I can't wait to see US Airways asking for a bail out on the heels of this.

And what caused the incident from "Family Guy"? A bunch of idiots trying to get their buddy some job security. Thanks W. You have just praised Quagmire...gigidy.

If we want to call this person a hero, then let it be for something that wasn't just luck. If he was really a hero, he would crashed that thing on a convention of the worst drug dealers and pimps in the Bronx.  I know it was not happening in Vegas this weekend because nobody is dumb enough to immediately follow the Consumer Electronic Convention.

Even better, the New Yankee Stadium. Who needs the praise of a lame duck (or should I say blind goose) president when you can have the praise of the Red Sox Nation.

"Don't let your babies grow up to be Cubs Fans, and always remember to spay or neuter your White Sox Fans," Russ Stevens