US Airways Flight 1549 had 140 passengers, 2 pilots, and 13 cabin staff on board.
 First officer Jeffrey Skiles, aged  49, had accrued 20,727 career flight hours with 37 in an A320,:89 but this was his first A320 assignment as pilot flying
 Given their position in relation to the available airports and their low altitude, pilots Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles decided to glide the plane to ditching in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan

