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By now, everyone knows that Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, miraculously made an emergency water landing saving everyone on board the crippled jet. Ned Levi discusses what passengers can learn from 1549’s experience.

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Many of us love gallows humor, even if it’s tacky, and even if it’s awful — and yes, most of us in the travel business are guilty of passing around horrible jokes after travel disasters. But the best gallows humor is when there’s no actual deaths or serious injuries involved. Which means that US 1549 has just provided us, ironically, with one of the feel-good stories of the month. And of course, joke fodder.

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