XPost: rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa   
      
   Poster@newsgroups.com wrote in news:6thsdcFartetU6@mid.individual.net:   
      
   > On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:07:42 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip   
   >  wrote:   
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   >   
   >>You don' tknow that.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> The crew didn't have time   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>You don' tknow that either.   
   >   
   > No, I wasn't there indeed.   
   > I'm quoting National Transportation Safety Board member Kitty Higgins.   
      
      
      
   > Higgins gave a detailed summary of Sullenberger's testimony to the   
   > investigation team on Saturday and Sunday. She also recounted the   
   > NTSB's interview with the plane's first officer, Jeff Skiles, and   
   > three flight attendants.   
   >   
   > Their account illustrated how quickly things deteriorated during the   
   > flight, and laid out the split-second command decisions that   
   > ultimately ensured that everyone aboard the plane survived.   
   >   
   > "It happened so fast, the pilots never had time to throw the   
   > aircraft's "ditch switch," which seals off vents and holes in the   
   > fuselage to make it more seaworthy. "   
      
      
   She wasn't there either...   
      
   in any case she's talking shit. It was a low priority in any case.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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