[767Jockey]

As an airline pilot I can tell you a few things about this event.

-We train for emergencies all the time but not really a dual engine flameout, and not a water landing.

-These guys did a wonderful job. Notice I said guys, not guy. The Captain wasn't alone, he couldn't have done this without his First Officer. As a Captain, I can tell you first hand that he most important thing I have on that aircraft is a good competent First Officer. Given that they were coming from an outstation (LaGuardia) to their hub (Charlotte) it is better than even money that the Captain wasn't even flying the plane, as more often than not the Captain flies INTO the outstations and the FO flies home to the hub. Not a hard and fast rule, but more likely than not.

-The press knows absolutely NOTHING about commercial aviation. As soon as an unfortunate incident like this happens, I shut off the TV because the talking heads, even the so called hired "experts" are clueless. Don't listen to a word these fools say.

-These guys will not be rewarded financially by their company, they will be further beaten into the ground at the time of their next contract negotiations. Want to hear the ultimate irony? The ferry Captain who plucked these people from the rafts in his boat makes considerably more money and had much better benefits than the two guys who piloted that aircraft to a safe landing. Pretty disgusting, huh? That's the state of our industry right now. Meanwhile this bozo Parker, who allegedly runs USAirways, takes home millions yearly in his bonus plan while simultaneously telling his pilots that he can't afford to pay them. Next time something like this happens they should hand the yoke to the Parkers of the world and say "it's all yours, buddy - good luck!"

Ok, I'm off my soapbox now.