The Miracle on the Hudson is back in the news, with the big-budget flick Sully in theaters. For pilots, it's a stark reminder that basic stick-and-rudder skills still come in handy sometimes. Those skills certainly helped Sullenberger, whose four decades of experience included glider flying. But in my work as an FAA aviation safety inspector — and during my own four decades of flying, as a flight instructor, airline pilot and the owner of a taildragger — I've seen innumerable examples of pilots, at all levels of experience, who seem to have forgotten or never learned those basic skills.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/technique/guest-blog-reviving-stick-and-rudder-skills