Fantastic Read

Just finished Captain Sullenberger's book, "Highest Duty". Readers may remember the Captain from his Hudson River Landing after his plane was hit by geese.

This was a very interesting book, filled with facts such as: US Airways doesn't give crew meals (Captain mentions his peanut butter and jelly sandwich packed for long flights), and that the emergency handbooks no longer have tabs, as a cost-saving measure, meaning that in an emergency, such as having both engines go out, the co-pilot has to flip through the book looking for the relevant information.

Captain S is very generous in the book, giving credit to his co-pilot Captain Skiles, the air traffic controller, etc. As described in the book, the co-pilot had almost as much to do with the success as he did, yet was given none of the credit. Such is fame.

This was a fast-paced read and was an interesting step into the life of someone who had been flying since high school, a fact all the passengers, for sure, probably were glad of.

Moo!