On Jan 19, 1:51*pm, wrote:
Considerations for all back seat drivers, arm chair quarterbacks, sim
"pilots", and Microsoft Flight aces:

The reason for the post was not to cast doubt on the competence of
this, or any other, US Airways crew but to start a discussion of
pilot's reactions to nearby birds, particularly very large ones.
That is directly related to the purpose of this discussion forum. A
second interest was the training given to airline crews in bird strike
avoidance and that perhaps should be explored elsewhere.


Andy