Bruff comment-39666 2010-10-28T14:49:43Z 2010-10-28T14:49:43Z One thing for sure, the word 'Hero', when applied to Mr. Sullenberger, is not only overused, it's highly inappropriate. Because the gentleman violated the primary rule of flying, "See and Avoid!", he, along with his ertwhile seatmat, FO Skiles, and the 153 passengers and crew who entrusted their lives to their supposedly professional hands ended up going where they was watching, not going where they were supposed to be watching. And after splattering though the birds and seizing control of the aircraft, instead of heading back immediately to La Guardia - his first instinct, BTW, and one that, as proven by every pilot that sim'd the event, he could have easily made - he wandered off all over the sky until the Hudson was the only option. Even then he did literally everything wrong. The first miracle was that this total excuse for a pilot didn't kill himself and everyone else aboard when he splashed three times harder than the aircraft was designed for. The second miracle was that it was at the only spot on the globe that had such an array of professional services to pull him out of the drink. Still think the guy's a hero? Bruff 2010-10-28T14:49:43Z