you see, jeffrey scott, first officer that day, and i had never landed an airliner in a river before, so we didn't know what to expect, and i didn't know how successful i would be in making the touch down gentle enough to keep the airplane back. i was confident i could, but i didn't know how hard it would be because there was no thrust. after we landed, stopped in the water, before i opened the cockpit door and commanded the evacuation, we turned to each other and both said, well, that wasn't as bad as i thought. that's the first reaction we had. >> what do airlines look for in airline pilots that they seem to have this calmness? >> well, what we expected that day, forced on ourselves was a practiced call professionals learn. it's not about calm, but a discipline to focus on the task at hand even though your body's normal human reaction is to respond with a spike in blood pressure and in pulse and a narrowing of your perceptions because of the intense life threatening stress. we did our job to spite it. >> in your view as a retired air captain,ing is the airline industry secure in the