X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:17:48 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail13.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.181] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.11) with ESMTPS id 3437636 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:32:01 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.12.160.181; envelope-from=domcrain@tpg.com.au X-TPG-Junk-Status: Message not scanned X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Received: from DomandJanPC (60-241-193-89.static.tpgi.com.au [60.241.193.89]) by mail13.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from domcrain@tpg.com.au) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with SMTP id n0LNVHwb029245 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:31:19 +1100 X-Original-Message-ID: From: "Dominic V. Crain" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Airbus X-Original-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:31:02 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001C_01C97C7C.8641ADD0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C97C7C.8641ADD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Retired Airbus driver- me I mean. No one can detract from the EXCELLENT performance of the pilots in the = Hudson River incident. If observers wish to classify them as heroic - = fine. I'm reluctant to call them heroes myself. I tend to classify a hero as = someone who deliberately places his/her own life at extreme risk from = relative safety to save someone else having had no obligation to do so. = Subjective judgment maybe. I've not flown gliders and have no intention to do so. If I'm going to = do a forced landing I want it to be a one off shot, not something I do = for regular fun. As always, PERSPECTIVE is needed in asessing these incidents. The pilots = were extremely fortunate to find they had the expanse of smooth water on = which to put the aircraft down. If it had been I, I'd still be kneeling = in St. Patricks Cathedral. A dead stick on a 45 metre runway may well be = a much harder exercise to perform if the simulator exercises are any = measure. I think the pilots did a wonderful job and I'm glad they (presumably) = remembered the DITCHING button given the speed at which events were = unfolding. The passengers are quite entitled to think of them as heroes. = I think they placed training and experience into action of the highest = order and the accolades they receive are deserved. I just can't quite put it into the same category as the private soldier = who ran across 100 metres of open desert while engaged in a firefight = with the Taliban, picked up a wounded Afghani interpreter, slung him = over his shoulder, ran back across the open desert still under fire, and = saved the guy's life. Such an action won him the Victoria Cross ( =3D = Congressional Medal of Honour). He also said "I was was just doing my = job". Cheers Dom Crain VH-CZJ ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C97C7C.8641ADD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Retired Airbus driver- me I mean.
 
No one can detract from = the EXCELLENT performance of=20 the pilots in the Hudson River incident. If observers wish to classify = them as=20 heroic - fine.
 
I'm reluctant to call them heroes myself. I tend to = classify a=20 hero as someone who deliberately places his/her own life at extreme risk = from=20 relative safety to save someone else having had no obligation to do so.=20 Subjective judgment maybe.
 
I've not flown gliders and have no intention to do = so. If I'm=20 going to do a forced landing I want it to be a one off shot, not = something I do=20 for regular fun.
 
As always, PERSPECTIVE is needed in asessing = these=20 incidents. The pilots were extremely fortunate to find they had the = expanse of=20 smooth water on which to put the aircraft down. If it had been I, I'd = still be=20 kneeling in St. Patricks Cathedral. A dead stick on a 45 metre runway = may well=20 be a much harder exercise to perform if the simulator exercises are any=20 measure.
 
I think the pilots did a wonderful job and I'm glad = they=20 (presumably) remembered the DITCHING button given the speed at which = events were=20 unfolding. The passengers are quite entitled to think of them as heroes. = I think=20 they placed training and experience into action of the highest order and = the=20 accolades they receive are deserved.
 
I just can't quite put it into the same category = as the=20 private soldier who ran across 100 metres of open desert while engaged = in a=20 firefight with the Taliban, picked up a wounded Afghani interpreter, = slung him=20 over his shoulder, ran back across the open desert still under fire, and = saved=20 the guy's life. Such an action won him the Victoria Cross ( =3D = Congressional=20 Medal of Honour). He also said "I was was just doing my = job".
 
Cheers
 
Dom Crain
 
VH-CZJ
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