I will never again make fun of "in event of a water landing"

[mattadams]

Every flight you take you have to listen to the same speech/presentation... in the event of a loss of cabin pressure a mask will drop from the ceiling, secure your own mask first, then the mask of anyone riding with you... in the unlikely event of a water landing your seat can be used as a flotation device...

and I always think... in the event of a water landing, just kiss your butt goodbye... hitting the water at almost 600 miles an hour, you won't have the chance to think about your seat, except to kiss it goodbye... guess I was proven wrong today!
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=107818&catid=339

[Warrlord]

I saw that on the news, that pilot made the best of it I think & saved alot of lives that could've otherwise.................been lost.

[mattadams]

yeah, not only those on the plane but think of what could've happened if he tried to make it back to the airport in downtown new york... could've been hundreds and hundreds more dead... think at least from what I've read about it that he made an awesome move and impressive water landing...

[bronc_17113]

Wow

[Tilt168]

yeah i read about that this morning on cnn and was very impressed, he stayed in the sinking aircraft and checked 2x after everyone had debarked to make sure there was no one left onboard, thats a good guy!

[fox]

they just released a video of the acual landing. Watching it makes it even more impressive in my eyes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/17/usair.splash.video/index.html