Chesley Sullenberger — American Celebrity born on January 23, 1951,

Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, III is a retired airline captain and aviation safety consultant. He was hailed as a national hero in the United States when he successfully executed an emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, after the aircraft was disabled by striking a flock of Canada geese during its initial climb out of LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009. All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived... (wikipedia)

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.
One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.
Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it.
Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.
My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.