Excerpted from the Manhattan Spectrum:

Asked to respond to the firing of the capable and heroic captain, US Airways didn’t comment.  One middle-manager spoke with the Spectrum off the record.

“Listen, sure it seems outrageous to pink-slip this American hero that saved the lives of 155 people, but it’s not so crazy when you find out how much that plane cost.”

“Give up?  65 million dollars.  And guess what?  Right, we’re not insured for flooding.  So, with the cumulative water damage, we’ll get salvage value at most.”

“See our side of it now?”