Pilot receives a hero's welcome
"Hometown crowd cheers US Airways captain who landed jet in Hudson River."
"Hometown crowd cheers US Airways captain who landed jet in Hudson River."
HAHA!!Reminds me of an old joke:
And then there was the man who was always missing success by just that much. Like the time he invented the slogan "good to the last drop." Great slogan? Sure.
But for Otis elevator company?
Thanks for sharing that would something to see if you weren't expecting it. Watching a plane be "taxied" through downtown.Someone sent these to me - thought the forum might like to see them.
They are transporting the US Airways plane in New Jersey after it was taken out of the river.
I'd rather the idiots across the street (in the State Capitol Building) do something constructive like fixing the structural problems with the state budget and to mandate that any new referendum and initiative has to come with its own source of funding so it does not come out of the general fund.Here in California, Proposition 2 was a big winner in the November elections. As a piece of animal rights legislation it mandates big changes in the treatment of farm animals. The 3-7-09 L.A. Times ran a story about follow-on bills proposed by state legislators. Why note that here? Because one particular proposal (not exactly pro animal) is related to the Hudson ditching.
In the wake of the US Airways near-calamity, state Senator Dave Cox has introduced a bill that would give airports a green light to kill birds that pose a hazard. Naturally, animal rights groups are not exactly pleased. Audubon California is calling for changes that would exempt endangered species and explicitly make killing a last resort.
Other activists (big surprise) are opposed to any killing at all. Pamelyn Ferdin, co-president of the Animal Defense League, said "More people die per year from being struck by lightning than by birds interfering with planes. Why don't we outlaw airplanes that kill geese? Weren't the geese here first?"
It might be interesting to learn the views of Flight 1549's passengers and crew on this subject.
Or the the thougts of US Airways who lost a very expensive A320 due to the birdies.It might be interesting to learn the views of Flight 1549's passengers and crew on this subject.
Do you really think we can ever get a high speed railroad built in Californial or anywhere else until somebody develops enough common sense to shut these people down? No matter how hard you try, you are bound to go through the last know habitat of some critter that no one ever heard of before, or have to add a speed restricting curve to miss some historical plant or building, or rock formation or something that no one noticed until those opposed to the railroad found it and made it into an "environmental" issue.Maybe you should pass a law saying that if there are endangered birds near the airport that pose a hazard to airplanes, people have to catch high speed trains to some other airport
Thats why you use those people as the railway ties :huh: :huh:Do you really think we can ever get a high speed railroad built in Californial or anywhere else until somebody develops enough common sense to shut these people down? No matter how hard you try, you are bound to go through the last know habitat of some critter that no one ever heard of before, or have to add a speed restricting curve to miss some historical plant or building, or rock formation or something that no one noticed until those opposed to the railroad found it and made it into an "environmental" issue.Maybe you should pass a law saying that if there are endangered birds near the airport that pose a hazard to airplanes, people have to catch high speed trains to some other airport
According to the Vanity Fair article (linked in this thread) discussing the Hudson River incident, the geese had originally been migratory. Then, a pair of birds had their wings clipped so that they would stay in the New York City area. Their offspring then got ingrained the instinct that the area was their home, and their migratory instincts were permanently changed. So, arguably, the geese weren't there first.Pamelyn Ferdin, co-president of the Animal Defense League, said "More people die per year from being struck by lightning than by birds interfering with planes. Why don't we outlaw airplanes that kill geese? Weren't the geese here first?"
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