It reminded me of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation
I had not realized the story about the dispatcher, but really, I do applaud him -- he probably risked his job to make that correct call. We need more like that. Dana On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > I couldn't agree more. > > When I worked as a paramedic I used to say that the distinguishing line > between a good medic and a great medic was knowing when to bend (and > sometimes, break) the rules. I would argue the same could be said in this > case. These guys made a decision that went against their company protocols, > protocols that are probably in place to prevent chaos during events like > this, and I think it was the right call to make. > > There were a lot of 'heroes' that day, from the pilot and flight crew, to > the people who responded in teh water taxis and boats. Their quick, > decisive action likely saved many lives. > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> then somebody ought to give that dispatcher a medal too. Survival time >> in cold water is NOT high. >> >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Those ferries deserver tons of credit. They were the first on the seen. >> > >> > The dispatch center dispatched their ferries to the accident without >> going >> > through the proper channels, against company protocol. >> > >> > Have you seen the pilot's resume? >> > >> > http://safetyreliability.com/profiles >> > >> > Hmm.. think he knew what he was doing? >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 6:43 PM >> > To: cf-community >> > Subject: Re: Does Bush deserve credit for ny rescue? >> > >> >> RoMunn wrote: >> >> He got the blaame for katrina. so does he get the credit for the fact >> >> that no one died in the crash in the hudson? >> >> >> > >> > No real full comparative analysis can be done since Katrina was a >> > national disaster who's entire response mechanism is built into the >> > government. >> > >> > In the case of the airline, the response mechanism starts with the >> > airline and the volunteers that make up their incident management >> > team. >> > >> > There are, however, some places related to the incident that Bush >> > could get credit: >> > >> > * The FAA >> > - should they prove to not have failed in notifying the pilot of the >> birds >> > - The regulatory maintenance oversight they provide for the a/c >> > - The process they insist on for airline crew emergency training >> > - Pilot training >> > >> > The local authorities get credit too, as well as the ferry company. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285328 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
