Timothy Birdnow

So the famous Sully Sullenberg, the pilot who landed the plane on the Hudson in a miraculous emergency landing, said when asked by Lawrence O'Donnell what he thought of Trump blaming this crash on DEI:

"Not surprised, disgusted" and left it at that.

What does that mean? Does it mean as the left is claiming Sullenberg is disgusted at Trump's remark, or at the truth they underline?

It can just as easily be argued Sullenberg was displaying his disgust at the fact that DeI has ruined the industry and he's not surprised by the statement and is disgusted by the policies in place.

Naturally the libiots (to coin a phrase) assume the former and didn't seek to clarify.

But even if Sullenberg means what they think, I would point out that it was THEY who harangued the man in the first place after his heroic "miracle on the Hudson". The NTSB raked him over the coals over his actions on that day, an NTSB owned by the Democrats and Mr. Barack Hussein Obama.

From the NTSB report:

"
NTSB report on Flight 1549

US Airways violated Federal migratory bird regulations by hunting geese with an A320 Airbus jetliner, claim anonymous government sources. The pilot of flight 1549, Air Force veteran and avid hunter Chesley B. Sullenberger, tried combining both of his interests by bagging a brace of geese over the wetlands near New York's LaGuardia airport after takeoff, on his way to Charlotte, North Carolina.

The imported European $77 million A320 airliner is not certified for either waterfowl or upland bird hunting, so it was not surprising that the aircraft malfunctioned. When he realized that both New York and New Jersey State Game and Fish enforcement officers would soon be approaching, Captain Sullenberger unsuccessfully attempted to hide the plane in the Hudson River.

The crew and 150 passengers were chilled and shaken but unhurt. Most were simply grateful to avoid spending the weekend in Charlotte.

National Transportation Safety Board inspectors rushed to the scene, and reportedly found no Duck Stamps on the downed aircraft's fuselage. Captain Sullenberger has not been charged, but is being held incommunicado at an undisclosed location.

PETA is urging the government to prosecute the pilot for double honkercide and poaching, and the animal rights group is expected to file a civil suit on behalf of the flock. The two victims were undocumented aliens, according to sources close to the investigation, Canada geese who had over-stayed their visas. Their goose gang scandalized their quiet Queens community by squatting in local cemeteries and golf courses, parking on the grass, cooking strange-smelling food and throwing wild parties late into the night. Neighbors say police dogs were called out on several occasions."

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And Sullenberg had been a staunch critic of efforts by ailines to reduce requiements for pilots (prompting him to resign from the International Civil Aviation Organization or ICAO.)

Sullenberg also complained bitterly about the antiquated technology used at Reagan.

So, despite the multiple media accounts trying to make Sully a Nevertrumper, the fact remains he is probably complaining about the decline of the American airline industry under O'Biden. And if Sullenberg tries to set the record straight we won't hear it from them.

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