Quick thinking Hero

[CountArach]

Actually that was this:

A group of fans sprang up on Facebook within hours of the emergency landing.

[Hooahguy]

i heard the guy had 6 years of military flight experience. in that case, this makes sense.

[Husar]

Yes, everyone who was ever in the military is automatically a hero, unless it was the wrong military.

Now to the actual issue, it sounds like he did a good job.

[Hooahguy]

not that he was a hero b/c he was in the military, but what i hear from the news reports, he did a very skillful landing that really only the military do, so....

[KukriKhan]

An official familiar with the accident told The Associated Press the 57-year-old, of Danville, Calif., ...

Yay! Let's hear it for old guys from California!

[HoreTore]

Saw this on the news now, and heard the speeches by the politicians. Which got me thinking....

What is heroism? Isn't heroism defined as an action where you save/help others while endangering your own person? How can this man be a "hero" then? What he did was do a good job, but I can't honestly see how you can define it as heroism. He did what everyone else in his situation would have done/tried. What he did was a very good job. But I can't see how it was heroism. It was self-preservation.

How can you be a hero when what you're doing is saving your own ?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

NOBODY does extensive practice in successfully ditching an aircraft except amphib pilots. This is especially true for an Airbus. A dead-stick ditching in an Airbus without digging a wing-tip in and cartwheeling is one GREAT piece of flying. He then went back twice to make sure nobody was on the bird before he evac'd. Class act.

[Ronin]

Saw this on the news now, and heard the speeches by the politicians. Which got me thinking....

What is heroism? Isn't heroism defined as an action where you save/help others while endangering your own person? How can this man be a "hero" then? What he did was do a good job, but I can't honestly see how you can define it as heroism. He did what everyone else in his situation would have done/tried. What he did was a very good job. But I can't see how it was heroism. It was self-preservation.

How can you be a hero when what you're doing is saving your own ?

of course this is technically true.

but normally when in the process of saving your own you save a bunch of other people the word hero is in common (even if not exact) use.

[Devastatin Dave]

Saw this on the news now, and heard the speeches by the politicians. Which got me thinking....

What is heroism? Isn't heroism defined as an action where you save/help others while endangering your own person? How can this man be a "hero" then? What he did was do a good job, but I can't honestly see how you can define it as heroism. He did what everyone else in his situation would have done/tried. What he did was a very good job. But I can't see how it was heroism. It was self-preservation.

How can you be a hero when what you're doing is saving your own arse?

You're something else. I guess you do this kind of thing everyday in your job right? You seem the type that thinks that heroism is suicide bombing or firing rockets a innocent civilians, oh wait...

[Scurvy]

He did what everyone else in his situation would have done/tried. What he did was a very good job. But I can't see how it was heroism. It was self-preservation.

He could'a ejected with a parachute....

Seems a bit pedantic in this case to not call it 'heroism' - i disliked all the politicians speaking about it though, seemed a bit excessive, especially as he couldnt say anything himself atm.

[Jolt]

Yes, everyone who was ever in the military is automatically a hero, unless it was the wrong military.

There were some million Nazi German heroes. :P

[rasoforos]

i heard the guy had 6 years of military flight experience. in that case, this makes sense.

Well said. It makes sense to use ex-military pilots for commercial flights after their mil career is over. They can keep their cool...