US Airways - Cactus 1549

It's been interesting to see the flight crew of the infamous Hudson river landing aircraft (Cactus 1549) at various events over the past few weeks. It's made me miss my former vocation more than ever which is kind of weird given the reason they are all now famous (near deadly accident). I've appreciated the way the entire crew has handled the situation and can't even imagine how tired they must be of rehashing the incident. I've always kind of bashed Airbus aircraft but in this incident the A-320 held up it's end of the bargain pretty well at the hands of Capt. Sullenberger and First officer Skiles.

Tonight David Letterman had one of his best shows ever (I've not watched him in a while) as he interviewed and hosted the entire flight crew. He did a pretty good job of getting the details of the entire incident with brief moments of levity while still recognizing the severity/significance of the event. The crew was professional and appeared to be in good spirits. I have several friends who fly for US Airways and I can't wait to speak to them about the incident and how it has impacted the company and flight operations (if it has had any impact at all).

Anyway, it is a great story and helps to take our minds off of the continued lunacy happening in Washington with the new "time for a change" government spending even more money that the country doesn't have. I'm not sure how long we can continue printing money (deficit spending) and expect our currency to have any value. Time for a change ... why not bring back fiscal responsibility and a currency based on an actual asset (maybe like gold or silver for example??!!!). Of course that would prevent our government from just starting up the money printing press at will, but that's a topic for another day...don't get me started!