I’m less shy now than I was as a kid. After Flight 1549, my family and I had to become public figures and more complete versions of ourselves. I had to teach myself to become an effective public speaker. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
It’s an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
It’s almost an out of body experience to see things that First Officer Jeff Skiles and I said in the cockpit together, played by actors. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
If you take one of the first flights out in the morning, typically the airplane and the crew have arrived the night before. When you’re not waiting on an inbound flight, there are fewer delays. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry – especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation – that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as far as we have in aviation. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes. Chesley Sullenberger Read Quote
