Capt. Sully shares the inspiring lesson he learned after retirement

The 68-year-old "Miracle on Hudson" hero shared an empowerment.


It's been 11 years since the aircraft carrying 155 passengers took off from the Laguardia Airport of New York, lost power after being struck by a herd of geese and landed safely in the Hudson River. The incredible event became "the miracle on the Hudson" and the aircraft pilot,CHESLEY BURNETT "SULLY" SULLENBERGERNow 68 years old, quickly became aNational hero. To mark the anniversary of the flight, which took off on January 15, 2009, Captain Sully was recently sitting for an interview withLinkedIn Chief EditorDaniel Rothwhere he shared theInspirational lessons He learned sinceoutgoing Airways a year after historic flight - a movement that surprised a lot.

After blending on Earth, Sully became a speaker and confirmed on the importance ofAviation security. He told Roth that he had been in the "work -il-I-die" mode before the flight, but retired in retirement in 2010, it was clear that the industry had changed. Sully said that all "economic slowdowns" and "multiple bankruptcies of the airline" according to the September 11 terrorist attacks resulted in him and his colleagues taking significant salary cuts. Sully said he had taken a break of 40%, while his first officer of the famous flight was cut 50% and lost his job as a captain.

"We all tried,late in lifeto compensate for the things we did not really have time in our professional career before the agentThe age of retirement Retrieve what we had lost, "he says. While his fame "the miracle on the Hudson" gave Sully the freedom ofchange directionIt was a difficult transition. He had stole from planes since he was 16, thenfrom the end of the 1950s was not easy for him.

"My family and I had to learn very quickly how to live this new life very difficult, and it was difficult," he said sudden fame.

So, how did Sully have managed to do so well the transition?

In the same way he had always done all the rest of his life. "I applied to learn [this new profession of speech] in the same way that I made my flying career, havingDiscipline and diligence"he said." I felt an immediate and intense obligation not to leave, but to use that voice. "

And Sully believes that there is an inspiring lesson in the one who wantscareer changeBut is too frightened to take the risk.

"No matter the station of life, whatever the title you have, for each of us, there is a part of the world that we can allocate, we can control," he said. "And I think each of us has the obligation to use our influence on this part of the world. And when you choose - and it's a choice we need to do daily - to try to make your part of the world to Right, just, good, safe ... if each of us does, in aggregate, it can make a big difference. "

Well, if it is not autonomous, nothing is.


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