Quotes

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Jeff Skiles: The ribeye will break your heart. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: I'm more of a Porterhouse Man. Jeff Skiles: Porterhouse will stop your heart.

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Can you believe they charge $5 for a snickers? I could bankrupt the airline in about four bites.

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Lorraine Sullenberger: [almost bursting into tears] Oh my God Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: What? Lorraine Sullenberger: I just realized there were a hundred and fifty-five people on that plane and you were one of them.

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Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: It was not a crash, it was a forced water landing. Ben Edwards: Why didn't you attempt to return to LaGuardia? Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: There simply was not enough altitude.

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Jeff Skiles: You've got to be kidding me. We've been through all this before. Charles Porter: Look, I'm sorry if you're frustrated, but our job is to investigate how a plane ended up in the Hudson River. Jeff Skiles: On the Hudson River.

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Dr. Elizabeth Davis: [At the NTSB investigation proceedings] First Officer Skiles, is there anything you would have done differently? Jeff Skiles: Yes. [pause] I would've done it in July.

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Ben Edwards: Multiple airports, runways, two successful landings. We are simply mimicking what the computer already told us. Charles Porter: A lot of toes were stepped on in order to set this up for today. And frankly, I really don't know what you gentlemen plan to gain by it. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Can we get serious now? Charles Porter: [caught off guard by his directness] Captain? Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: We've all heard about the computer simulations, and now we are watching actual sims. But I can't quite believe you have still not taken into account the human factor. Charles Porter: Human piloted simulations showed you could make it back to the airport. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: No, they don't. These pilots were not behaving like human beings, like people who are experiencing this for the first time. Charles Porter: Well they may not be reacting like you did. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Immediately after the bird strike, they are turning back for the airport, jus