A great miracle, January 15th, 2009, when a US Airways Flight 1549 on an Airbus 320 took off from La Guardia New York. All was going well during take off, the aircraft started climbing to new heights......but 90 seconds into flight, 3200 feet altitude and everything changed.....Both engines lost power and thrust and the silence in the cock pit became "shocking" The control tower at La Guardia said they could land back at La Guardia....they also had the choice of landing in New Jersey (according to the control tower.....)but Captain "Sully" knew what it takes to keep an 81,000 pound bird in the air.....thanks but no thanks, we are heading for the Hudson.
He knew that he did not have time. Time was not his friend. The friend he did have was his training, his ability to make decisions and his professional conduct.
Oh yes, it is far more comfortable to land on a runway. Yes , that sounds so much better…let us do that, let us chose the comfortable way…well….the comfortable way does not work in a crash…..Nothing is comfortable when we have no thrust and power. One of the first things that you learn at flight school is don’t land on water, the chances of survival are small…..aircrafts sink fast. They were designed to fly and not float…..
He did not have time think about the decisions he was going to make. He just made them, based on training, experience and his gut. He had enough foundation to base his decisions upon. There is no time for discussion or taking out the manual and the FAQ. He made to make decisions, the right decisions and make them fast.
No power and no thrust demands quick decision making and quick action and response as that bird becomes very heavy and drops fast. The wings cry out for enough air underneath to create sufficient lift. Captain Sully was closely looking at the altitude, speed, vertical speed, rate of descent and keeping the aircraft above stall speed especially before crash landing into the Hudson, even seconds before touch down, the speed was critical to avoid stalling and losing control.
They missed the Washington bridge, no Circle Line boat tours and other vessels on the Hudson landing path…all was clear…..
He brought the aircraft down, landing with the rear first at perfect speed to avoid additional damage and avoiding an uncontrollable plane.
Imagine if Capt “Sully” had made all the right decisions and made them fast and a perfect crash landing if there was one, and then a flight crew opened the back door….they would all be dead, the plane would of sunk. The crew relied on their training and opened the doors in the front and above the wings. The team effort was incredible.
All survived.
All the thrust, power and lift has disapeared in this real estate market. Thrust started disapearing in July 2005. In 2006 thrust decreased incredably. In 2007, no matter how hard we pushed that throttle forward, there was no thrust, the power was gone and no more lift under our wings. In 2008 things began to change and we are ready for 2009. You too can survive this real estate and economy crash….Yes you can, if you make the right decisions, act on them, and work with your team. Our real estate market and the economy has crashed. The market has lost the thrust and the force pushing it forward. We do not have time to sit down and discuss the options we have. Now is not the time for us to choose the comfortable runway to land on. There is no comfortable run way…it is too far for our reach. We lack the thrust to push us there. Now is the time to rely on our past training and get down to basics. Now is not the time to say I do not feel like landing there. It is not the time for feelings. It is not how you feel…..it is the decisions you make and the actions that you take that will result in whether you live or die, whether your business lives or dies.
You are the captain of your business. Now is the time you are called to make the decision and make it fast and make the right decision.
Do you know how cold it was out there, 20 degree air temperature and 32 degree water temperature. What happens when we freeze. We shiver and we cannot communicate. Have you ever eating ice cream too fast? We get a brain freeze.
When we are crashing, we get fearful, we get a brain freeze. Now is the time to work as a team. Now is the time to call on your team members. Now is the time when you need your team players. If 1 of the team had opened the wrong door, no matter how the captain flew that plane, it would not of mattered…they all would of drowned….all…. no matter how you captain your business, if 1 of the teams members mess up, the whole thing could go down. Call on your lenders, Escrow Officers, TC, file auditor, manager, property inspectors, termite inspectors, title reps and to do the right thing.
Do not delay your decisions and actions. If you move too slow, you can stall just like a plane. When a plane stalls, it loses control. That is what happens to us when markets crash. We need to keep enough lift or we lose control. Act upon those things you were taught. Forget about the comfortable landing, it ain’t going to happen.
Now is the time for professionals and good decision makers and great team players….
December the 8th I was in a car accident. It took an hour to get me to a hospital which was less than 1 mile away from the accident scene….It took the emergency services 40 minutes to get 155 flight members to hospital… many great team players made it happen.
The message is Yes you can survive this crash. If you put your mind to it, make the right and fast decisions and work as a team….Yes you can…It is your choice.
Oh yes, it is far more comfortable to land on a runway. Yes , that sounds so much better…let us do that, let us chose the comfortable way…well….the comfortable way does not work in a crash…..Nothing is comfortable when we have no thrust and power. One of the first things that you learn at flight school is don’t land on water, the chances of survival are small…..aircrafts sink fast. They were designed to fly and not float…..
He did not have time think about the decisions he was going to make. He just made them, based on training, experience and his gut. He had enough foundation to base his decisions upon. There is no time for discussion or taking out the manual and the FAQ. He made to make decisions, the right decisions and make them fast.
No power and no thrust demands quick decision making and quick action and response as that bird becomes very heavy and drops fast. The wings cry out for enough air underneath to create sufficient lift. Captain Sully was closely looking at the altitude, speed, vertical speed, rate of descent and keeping the aircraft above stall speed especially before crash landing into the Hudson, even seconds before touch down, the speed was critical to avoid stalling and losing control.
They missed the Washington bridge, no Circle Line boat tours and other vessels on the Hudson landing path…all was clear…..
He brought the aircraft down, landing with the rear first at perfect speed to avoid additional damage and avoiding an uncontrollable plane.
Imagine if Capt “Sully” had made all the right decisions and made them fast and a perfect crash landing if there was one, and then a flight crew opened the back door….they would all be dead, the plane would of sunk. The crew relied on their training and opened the doors in the front and above the wings. The team effort was incredible.
All survived.
All the thrust, power and lift has disapeared in this real estate market. Thrust started disapearing in July 2005. In 2006 thrust decreased incredably. In 2007, no matter how hard we pushed that throttle forward, there was no thrust, the power was gone and no more lift under our wings. In 2008 things began to change and we are ready for 2009. You too can survive this real estate and economy crash….Yes you can, if you make the right decisions, act on them, and work with your team. Our real estate market and the economy has crashed. The market has lost the thrust and the force pushing it forward. We do not have time to sit down and discuss the options we have. Now is not the time for us to choose the comfortable runway to land on. There is no comfortable run way…it is too far for our reach. We lack the thrust to push us there. Now is the time to rely on our past training and get down to basics. Now is not the time to say I do not feel like landing there. It is not the time for feelings. It is not how you feel…..it is the decisions you make and the actions that you take that will result in whether you live or die, whether your business lives or dies.
You are the captain of your business. Now is the time you are called to make the decision and make it fast and make the right decision.
Do you know how cold it was out there, 20 degree air temperature and 32 degree water temperature. What happens when we freeze. We shiver and we cannot communicate. Have you ever eating ice cream too fast? We get a brain freeze.
When we are crashing, we get fearful, we get a brain freeze. Now is the time to work as a team. Now is the time to call on your team members. Now is the time when you need your team players. If 1 of the team had opened the wrong door, no matter how the captain flew that plane, it would not of mattered…they all would of drowned….all…. no matter how you captain your business, if 1 of the teams members mess up, the whole thing could go down. Call on your lenders, Escrow Officers, TC, file auditor, manager, property inspectors, termite inspectors, title reps and to do the right thing.
Do not delay your decisions and actions. If you move too slow, you can stall just like a plane. When a plane stalls, it loses control. That is what happens to us when markets crash. We need to keep enough lift or we lose control. Act upon those things you were taught. Forget about the comfortable landing, it ain’t going to happen.
Now is the time for professionals and good decision makers and great team players….
December the 8th I was in a car accident. It took an hour to get me to a hospital which was less than 1 mile away from the accident scene….It took the emergency services 40 minutes to get 155 flight members to hospital… many great team players made it happen.
The message is Yes you can survive this crash. If you put your mind to it, make the right and fast decisions and work as a team….Yes you can…It is your choice.
