Author: Chesley Sullenberger

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I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes.

I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes.

- Chesley Sullenberger

Bigger airplanes, with two aisles instead of one, provide a better experience overall, and I think it's more comfortable.

Bigger airplanes, with two aisles instead of one, provide a better experience overall, and I think it's more comfortable.

- Chesley Sullenberger

It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.

It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.

- Chesley Sullenberger

In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.

In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.

- Chesley Sullenberger

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

- Chesley Sullenberger

Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as far as we have in aviation.

Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as far as we have in aviation.

- Chesley Sullenberger

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

- Chesley Sullenberger

One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

- Chesley Sullenberger

Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.

Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.

- Chesley Sullenberger

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