On hero pilot and the plane crash landing in the Hudson...

In times of uncertainty (like the bad economy we have now), everyone yearns for heroes or white knights coming to the rescue. We don't get those from the government, judging from the clueless attempts from Bush administration and now Obama administration to try this and that to dabble into the rescue. But it came from the miracle crash landing of the plane in The Hudson.

The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 became instant hero, not only for his steering the plane to land in the water after losing both engines upon hitting flock of birds, but for his professionism and grace in handling the life/death crisis, ensuring everyone on the plane was safe before evacuating himself from the plane.

Being an ex-fighter pilot (Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger) certainly helps in handling the stress. But his calm, from the audio and first-hand account of the passengers, paints a very nerve-soothing picture. Here is a guy, who knows a crisis when he sees one, handles it with a calm steely, takes care to communicate with everyone involves (his "brace for impact" announcement to passengers before the crash would grossly underestimate the kind of danger they were all in), making sure that everyone's safe and out of the plane before himself, and even small-talking with people when they're waiting for rescue once they're out of danger.

Here it is, a life-and-death crisis, and it's a God-send to have someone who knows his job and does it right (perfectly, actually). Compared that to the clueless, slimey CEO's (and everyone involved in the mortgage mess) and politicians who have no clues of what's going on, how to fix things, and wouldn't even take responsibilities that are so obviously theirs. Here's a guy

Deservedly, Sullenberger now would go down in history with his own wiki entry. He's a guy who teaches/preaches what he knows, and does what he preaches. He's a guy who talks the talk, and walks the walk. Sadly, we don't see that in business or politics much at all.

Why don't (and can't) we have more heroes like Sullenberger in every industry?