According to news reports about him, Chesley Sullenberger is an excellent pilot. Yesterday's Times article about him (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion

According to news reports about him, Chesley Sullenberger is an excellent pilot. Yesterday's Times article about him (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion/17pilot.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/nyregion/17pilot.html) says that he won the Outstanding Cadet in Airmanship award when he was at the Air Force Academy.