3wire

Sorry if this was already mentioned, but I did not have time to review all 27 pages devoted to this thread.

Just a quick observation... With all the discussion on this forum regarding pilot compensation and getting paid what we are worth, something came to mind.... I was always told that as a pilot you "never want to have to earn the money you make, for that day is a really BAD day..."

As far as compensation... With a market capitalization in the 950 million range, USAir must have around 115,000,000 shares of outstanding common stock. Since the crash and reports that all pax are safe, the USAir stock (NYSE: LCC) is up by over 15% (as of 950a this morning). That is a value of roughly 20 million to shareholders, that is $20,000,000.

The stock was down over 20% since Jan 8th until a monumental reversal yesterday. Now these numbers are all rounded and could be a bit off, but it appears to me that the crew may be deserving of a significant pay raise (or at least some stock options...)

loungelzrd

Jal was a -62. Tokyo Rose was a -61. Ual repaired it, and it went back to Jal for awhile, and ended up at Airborne.

A10crewdawg

First, let me say kudos to the entire crew of flight 1549 from yesterday's events. I want to say that I would hope that a news group would also give credit where credit is due besides to the captain of any flight. What we haven't heard is, who was assigned as the flying pilot and non-flying pilot on this particular flight. From what I know of flying for the airlines, both pilots are just as capable of flying the plane and it is decided among the pilots who will fly that leg. The first officer could have easily been flying the plane during the events, and the captain was the non-flying. Either case, the non-flying pilot is going to be very VERY busy running checklists and radioing ATC while also telling the flight attendant(s) what is going on. Also, give due credit to those flight attendants who on a daily basis are ignored during their safety briefings and, a lot of times, treated as inferior. They do, however, smile and do their job relentlessly every flight for the very reason we saw yesterday. They are also put through the wringer during airline training and must understand all kinds of procedures for all kinds of events. Yesterday's events are not the exception at an airline in this country, it's the standard. This standard is what every passenger can expect when they set foot on any flight to any destination in this country. So again, I say kudos to the entire crew of flight 1549.

JetPilotMike

Probably the FO was PF while Capt. Sully dealt with ECAMs, but once the decision was made to ditch, I'd be pretty sure he took the aircraft.

SmoothOnTop

Are you sure?

The aircraft can be safely handled in all regimes (yes taxi) of flight from either seat.

If it was the PFs leg, I (PIC) would let the FO fly...

A10crewdawg

Not trying to start any kind of fire here. I just want to make sure the whole crew is given credit for the outcome of yesterday's flight.

bohicagain

they r getting a key to NYC

SkyHigh

I must say what an incredible event with an outstanding outcome. It seems like everyone, including the passengers, did exactly what they should have and no one died as a result.

I have never thought much of the airbus but it held together and stayed afloat for a long time. What a great story.

The news claimed that there is a ditching button on the A320. Does anyone know about that?

SkyHigh

Foxcow

Other than being honored, what does that do for them? I have always wondered...

taylorjets

Does anyone have the ATC tapes?