[FormerACLUmember]

Superhero "Sully" Sullenberger's secret is that he is a Certified Glider Pilot. Only a skilled glider pilot could have navigated this impossible unpowered soft landing.

Sully also had enough wits about him in those few terrifying seconds, to engage the unique Airbus emergency watertight control, shutting all intake to the fuselage, except of course for the doors.

[tx_eggman]

Sully also had enough wits about him in those few terrifying seconds, to engage the unique Airbus emergency watertight control, shutting all intake to the fuselage, except of course for the doors.

Not according to this article:

Linky Thing: AP Article - Flight 1549

It happened so fast, the pilots never had time to throw the aircraft's "ditch switch," which seals off vents and holes in the fuselage to make it more seaworthy.

[TheConservativeParty]

Every time I see that hero’s picture I SMILE.
He exudes everything that is GOOD about America.
He is of my father’s generation, back when boys were raised to be MEN.