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Chesley Sullenberger
American
Aviator
Born:
Jan 23
,
1951
Better
First
Learning
People
Think
You
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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
Fragmented
System
Operate
Within
Any
As Far As
Far
Skilled
Aviation
Dedicated
Professionals
Medical
There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.
Chesley Sullenberger
Experience
Safety
Simply
Terms
Substitute
Aviation
People really are our most important resource, and people who don't realize that and choose not to live that way, choose not to lead that way, are paying a price for that in many of our companies, many of our organizations.
Chesley Sullenberger
People
Important
Live
Resource
Our
Way
Price
Lead
Most
Realize
Really
Organizations
Choose
Paying
Who
Companies
Many
After high school in 1969, I was appointed to the Air Force Academy. In '73, I studied for my postgraduate degree and became a USAF pilot in 1974. After my discharge in 1980, I became a commercial pilot and flew my first airline flight at Pacific Southwest Airlines in 1980.
Chesley Sullenberger
Air Force
School
Pilot
Degree
First
Air
Airline
Airlines
High
High School
Studied
Academy
Force
Discharge
Became
Commercial
Southwest
After
Pacific
Flew
Flight
Appointed
In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.
Chesley Sullenberger
Good
Old
Build
Arrogant
Bad
Leaders
Days
Were
Autocratic
Old Days
Teams
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
Learning
Better
Everyone
Our
Those
Remind
Message
Industry
How
Passengers
Owe
Manage
Going
Want
Aviation
Regulate
Who
Forward
Companies
Keep
I try to work out, time permitting, wherever I am.
Chesley Sullenberger
Work
Time
Try
Out
Am
Wherever
Work Out
My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so much. She found at least one definition is someone who chooses to put themselves at risk to save another.
Chesley Sullenberger
Wife
Heroism
Definition
At Least One
See
Someone
Risk
Had
Put
Looked
She
Another
Because
Least
Been
Dictionary
Themselves
Much
Used
Chooses
Who
Found
Actually
Save
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
You
People
Money
Important
Big
Think
Positions
Know
Tied
Led
Up
Forget
Get
Managing
Often
Organizations
Deserve
Things
It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.
Chesley Sullenberger
Hope
People
Seriously
Job
Face
Important
Something
Gives
Take
Important Job
Public
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
Morning
You
Waiting
First
Before
Crew
Airplane
Out
Delays
Take
Arrived
Fewer
Flight
Flights
Night
I have a varied collection of music on my phone. I like a lot of the popular music that has a really energetic beat to it, as well as some classical things.
Chesley Sullenberger
Music
Phone
Collection
Some
Classical
Varied
Beat
Like
Well
Lot
Energetic
Really
Popular
Popular Music
Things
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