Quotes by Chesley Sullenberger

Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is an American retired airline captain. He is best known for his role in a 2009 forced water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan after both engines were disabled by a bird strike; all 155 people aboard survived.

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You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.

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Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.

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It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.

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People really are our most important resource, and people who don't realize that and choose not to live that way, choose not to lead that way, are paying a price for that in many of our companies, many of our organizations.

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The economic tsunami has hit all airline employees. With the 2001 terror attacks, airline bankruptcies, pension terminations, loss of pay, changes in work rules - we're all working harder and longer than we used to.

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