US Airways Flight 1549 movie "Drive". The lyrics of the second verse describe the water landing and the survival of the passengers and crew, as well as alluding to the freezing river. Sullenberger's memoir, "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" was adapted into a feature film "Sully: Miracle on the Hudson", directed by Clint Eastwood, with Tom Hanks as Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as co-pilot Jeff Skiles. It was released by Warner Bros. on September 9, 2016. US Airways Flight 1549 US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320-214 which, in the climbout after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport on
US Airways of a strained relationship with Allegheny County, with which the airline shared significant historical ties. US Airways Group Inc. said October 3, 2007 it would cut mainline flights at Pittsburgh International Airport to 22 a day from 31 and reduce regional flights to 46 a day from 77, beginning January 6, 2008, essentially reducing the airport to a destination spoke in its network. Pittsburgh was no longer a focus city for the airline as of its most recent annual report and January 2008 flight schedule reductions. US Airways East pilots took steps to relinquish their ALPA membership and form their