What was the job of Chesley B Sullenberger III that made him famous on 15 January 2009?
Chesley Sullenberger was named for the pilot. Chesley Sullenberger Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born 23 January 1951) is a retired American airline captain who, on January 15, 2009, landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan after both engines were disabled by a bird strike; all 155 persons aboard survived. Sullenberger is a speaker on airline safety and has helped develop new protocols for airline safety. He served as the co-chairman, along with First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, of the EAA's Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013. Sullenberger retired from US Airways after 30 years as
Chesley Sullenberger whose reference to Sullenberger as "a real human being and a real hero" became the song's refrain. Humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor wrote "Pilot Song: The Ballad of Chesley Sullenberger III" for the January 17, 2009 edition of his radio variety show "A Prairie Home Companion". Sullenberger appeared as himself in a cameo role in the 2017 film "Daddy's Home 2". Sullenberger's speech in Congress concerning U.S. civil aviation is featured in Michael Moore's 2009 documentary "". Sullenberger is also referred to in the 2011 romantic comedy film "Friends with Benefits". Throughout the film, Justin Timberlake's character repeatedly suggests