$3550 as of 1135 EST.

You should see what Pam Anderson's kids donated.

jehovahs witness protection: I comes complete with old man dandruff.

That's great. Good for you I guess....

\knows what you meant...

Ok, this guy did a very cool thing but enough already. His 15 minutes was over a long time ago.

Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?

I just had a Sullen Burger for lunch.
Woe is meat.

CravenMorehead: Ok, this guy did a very cool thing but enough already. His 15 minutes was over a long time ago.

It will be over when he's all out of clothes to auction.

Number41: Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?

I go by Sully, but people always use my first and last names when one has to use that.

Number41: Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?



/Yes I know, it's been done before

Number41: Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?

His full name is Sully McSullenson Sullenberger. You have to say it all when you address him.

I got a kick out of this song that was written and performed the day after the crash. (Not a classic.)

Link also has a neat computer animation recreation of the flight (new window)

Dude. The man is a farking rockstar and deserves to be treated as one. If he saved one of YOUR family members' lives, I don't think you'd have a problem right now.

At least its not an old jimmy hat

I'm an airline captain and I've got an even better record than Sully, my number of successful landings equal my number of takeoffs. I should sell my captains hat on ebay. Wonder what I could get for it...

Number41: Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?

Because his given name is "Chesley."

Seriously.

"Sully" should be in quotes, of course, but I totally understand why people want to call this heroic pilot something they don't snicker while saying.

Thresher: Dude. The man is a farking rockstar and deserves to be treated as one. If he saved one of YOUR family members' lives, I don't think you'd have a problem right now.

This.
Truly hope it sells for more than the dinner date with Palin.

CravenMorehead: Ok, this guy did a very cool thing but enough already. His 15 minutes was over a long time ago.

But in this day and age how many people get their 15 minutes of fame because they did something good?

Sure, 9 out of 10 pilots could have done it just as well if not better than him, but who else do we have right now?

CravenMorehead: Ok, this guy did a very cool thing but enough already. His 15 minutes was over a long time ago.

95629: I'm an airline captain and I've got an even better record than Sully, my number of successful landings equal my number of takeoffs. I should sell my captains hat on ebay. Wonder what I could get for it...

I believe everyone walked away from that one in the Hudson... well, walked from the rescue boats anyway. I think that fits the classic definition of success.

This is great, but I think our hero worship in this country has gone a bit too far. People should support good charitable causes even if they don't get a famous pilot's hat in return.

Sully, remember when I promised to let you keep your hat? I LIED.

I like that they're supporting public schools and encouraging others to do so. Much more efficient that the fund raising sales the local schools here do. Each year they have the kids do door-to-door sales... frozen cookie dough, sausages. I just write a check to the PTA, that way 100% of it goes to the school.

/my durned kids *still* go sell the cookie dough.

Komplex: CravenMorehead: Ok, this guy did a very cool thing but enough already. His 15 minutes was over a long time ago.

But in this day and age how many people get their 15 minutes of fame because they did something good?

Sure, 9 out of 10 pilots could have done it just as well if not better than him, but who else do we have right now?

Exactly. This guy is worth more than the slugs typically featured on any worthless "reality" show or ET or Dateline Hollywood, etc.

bubbadave1056: This is great, but I think our hero worship in this country has gone a bit too far. People should support good charitable causes even if they don't get a famous pilot's hat in return.

right.

Are you familiar with the words incentive or reward?

You want Sully's old hat?

MadCat221 - That taste areas of the tongue has been debunked.

clear_prop: devine: You wouldn't call that landing successful?

A good landing is when you can use the plane again. He made an ok landing.

a good landing is any landing you can walk away from--or in this case, swim away from.

a great landing is when you can use the plane again

Number41: Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?

Came here to berate subby for this, only to find the article calls him that: But it used to grace the head of pilot Sully Sullenberger...

/facepalm
//it's Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
///who names their son "Chesley"?

devine: You wouldn't call that landing successful?

Well, yes, he did an extraordinary job. But, his fame is from ALMOST having everyone die. There are many examples in aviation where the pilots were faced with much more difficult situations and they got the plane safely back to the airport, many times without the passengers even realizing how close it really was.

Not knocking on Sully one bit, what he did was amazing and he's a real stand-up guy, but he is by far not the first to save a bunch of lives. The other guys just aren't famous because they managed to make it look like less of a near-death experience.

Lipspinach: I just had a Sullen Burger for lunch.
Woe is meat.

I guffawed.

/welcome to favorites, but watch yourself. Its kind of hazy in here.

95629:
Not knocking on Sully one bit, what he did was amazing and he's a real stand-up guy, but he is by far not the first to save a bunch of lives. The other guys just aren't famous because they managed to make it look like less of a near-death experience.

And also he pulled it off in the middle of one of the most densely-populated areas in the United States during business hours.

My balls are not made of brass and aren't big enough to wear that hat.

CravenMorehead: Ok, this guy did a very cool thing but enough already. His 15 minutes was over a long time ago.

I for one am happy that he has lingered in the limelight for a little longer than usual. It gives us a little longer to discuss his huge balls.

I mean, exactly what are his balls made of? Stone? Brass? My vote is blue samurai steel.

Also, we can speculate about his life living with those enormous gonads. For example:

How does he get through the airport security metal detectors with those huge brass balls?

Does he have a co-pilot, or do his balls sit in the seat next to him? Maybe he sits on his huge testicles like two giant bean bag chairs?

Does he use the stick to steer the plane, or does he just shift the weight of his balls around and steer the plane like a skateboard?

Do they have to widen the doors on the plane for him and his balls to fit through? Maybe the "flight attendants" all get behind them to shove them through one at a time?

Sliding Carp: davideo_games: It will be over when he's all out of clothes to auction.

It will be over the next time someone ditches a full airliner, and everyone walks away.

Then people will finally clue in on how easy it really is !

How Does That Taste: Number41: Isn't "Sully" short for Sullenberger? Why would someone call him "Sully Sullenberger"?

His full name is Sully McSullenson Sullenberger. You have to say it all when you address him.

Now people around me are wondering why my screen is full of snotspray.

A friend of mine who's a comic said the only way Sullenberger's reputation can be harmed if the Black Box recorded him saying "Watch me f*ck up those geese..."

Still think he's a jagoff.

Komplex: Sure, 9 out of 10 pilots could have done it just as well if not better than him, but who else do we have right now?

This is true. And we have given far too many people more attention that this guy that didn't deserve it.

With hair fragments you could clone an army of crash proof pilots that would rule the sky.

"Sure, 9 out of 10 pilots could have done it just as well if not better than him, but who else do we have right now?"

999 out of 1000 pilots would have killed all those poor pax, and maybe several hundred new yawkers. The guy made a soft-field landing on water with a jetliner.

Try not to be so morony.

Thresher: Dude. The man is a farking rockstar and deserves to be treated as one. .

His wife thinks so.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/23/chesley-sully-sullenberge_1_n_367219.h t ml

// She's a fitness expert.