Comments | delathi: Things that annoy me.

delathi

Things that annoy me.

Jan 16, 2009 10:18

I've been reading accounts this morning about the airplane landing in the Hudson river. The pilot kept control of his aircraft, behaved in the most professional and expert manner, safely landed his severely damaged plane in a river in such a way as to save the lives of all 155 people on board. Then kept himself, his crew and the passengers calm and ( Read more... )

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dslartoo January 16 2009, 15:31:41 UTC

That's been annoying the hell out of me so far too. Glad I'm not the only one.

cheers,
Phil

scottopic January 16 2009, 15:35:45 UTC

In most cases, it's just a colloquialism for 'reallywowamazing'.

Or OBEY JEHOVAH.

Your pick!

jennlyle January 16 2009, 15:46:36 UTC

Its been the buzz over here in England... and really its been portrayed over here as having the absolute right pilot doing his job exceptionally... he was a fighter pilot and consults on flight safety. And now he can add to that resume (CV) being a hero.

voyn January 16 2009, 16:21:11 UTC

Naw, that guy was just an empty suit, yanno? Coulda been anyone, really. The literal hand of god came down and set that plane safely in the river.

That's a particular double standard that has always bugged me... When someone survives a potentially horrible tragedy, it's always "God saved them". But when anyone (be it a single person, or a few hundred thousand in Darfur) dies, it's never "Yep, God killed 'em dead".

arcstone January 16 2009, 16:28:47 UTC

I'll sign off on that annoyance as well. The Pilot was the best possible person to have on hand in such a situation, and was the very definition of a hero, period. God's "involvement" (if you choose to believe he had any) was that he was working that day, period.