Flying is now officially more dangerous than playing with killer whales. A child directed traffic at JFK airport on February 17th, because the kid had a day off from school and dad thought it would be fun to have his kid give instructions to planes about when and where they could land and take off. Yeah, dad was right there, telling the kid what to say, so maybe everything was still as safe as usual. Probably the real reason everything was safe as usual is Sully was still in the air, somewhere, maybe thousands of miles away, maybe even on the ground that day, but still a commerical pilot. He kept us safe while that kid directed air traffic, somehow, because he’s Sully. It’s what he does. But today it was announced that hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger has retired. We might have survived the kids playing at air-traffic controller with Sully in the skies keeping us safe. But with Sully moving on to knitting classes, or fishing, or whatever he’s going to do in retirement, the flying public doesn’t stand a chance. Why have you forsaken us, oh great Sully? What have we done to displease you?

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