The successful ditching of the stricken aircraft in the Hudson River, without a single loss of life among the 155 people on board, was an extraordinary feat of airmanship.
However, they did successfully appeal their suspensions, and they were awarded the first-ever diploma for outstanding airmanship by the FAI because of the incident.
And these crews are crews certainly knowing exactly what a safe distanceis and the obligation is upon the Russians to maintain that safe distance, maintain that professional airmanship just as our crews are displaying right now.