Heroes of the Hudson Say Airlines Subordinating Safety
The US Airways “heroes of the Hudson” pilots used a House aviation subcommittee hearing Tuesday as a bully pulpit to characterize cost-cutting in the U.S.

The US Airways “heroes of the Hudson” pilots used a House aviation subcommittee hearing Tuesday as a bully pulpit to characterize cost-cutting in the U.S. airline industry as both a threat to passenger safety and to the recruitment and retention of career aviators.

“I am worried that the airline piloting profession will not be able to continue to attract the best and the brightest,” said Capt. Chesley Sullenberger III, the pilot-in-command of the Airbus A320 that successfully ditched in New York’s Hudson River on January 15.

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