Sully Sullenberger Quotes
Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.
Sullenberger, Chesley B. Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders. Harper, 2012.
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is an American retired Air Force fighter pilot and airline captain. He is best known for his role as pilot in command in the 2009 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan after both engines were disabled by a bird strike; all 155 people aboard survived. Sullenberger is a speaker on aviation safety and has helped develop new protocols for airline safety. He served as the co-chairman, along with first officer Jeffrey Skiles (his co-pilot during Flight 1549), of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013.