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Amazing how that turns out. Like when Sulley had to ditch that flight into the Hudson, and just so happened to be an instructor of water landings. What are the

• GhettoMaestro 7y ago
  I love this quote by Sully after the incident: "One way of looking at this might be that, for 42 years, I've been making small regular deposits in this bank of experience: education and training," said US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. "And on January 15, the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal." Absolute legend.
• libria 7y ago
  Could be some survivor bias here. One 747 Max happened to have a jumpseat pilot who knew how to fix the MCAS issue and the plane flew on without issue and thus without much media coverage. [1] Presumably, 2 other 747 Max's didn't have enough SME's on board to save them and crashed. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2019/03/jump-seat-pilot-and-boeing-737-max/585301/ https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2019/03/jump-seat-pilot-an...
  • Ono-Sendai 7y ago
    737
  • quickthrower2 7y ago
    The survivor bias being, a regular plane crash story won't make it to HN page 1.