The news calls him "Hundson Hero," but veteren US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, offered that "we were simply doing the jobs we were trained to do." The airline industry has historically made more use of simulation training technologies than any other group, with pilots required to work through nearly every possible scenario in simulation time.  Water landings are among the hundreds of scenarios that flight crews plan for, but even the most advanced airline simulators today don't 100% accurately simulate the hydrodynamics involved and the technical difficulty of such a landing.  One of the most difficult technical aspects is that the plane needs to be landed at a very high pitch so that the wings or engines don't hit first.  As a result, the pilot will actually lose sight of the water just before it hits, which requires a great deal of trust in the equipment and seat-of-the-pants flying. Today, flight training companies and airplane designers are scrambling to more accurately simulate bird strikes and water landing scenarios in their current and future simulators.  In the days following the "Miracle on the Hudson," dozens of different demonstration simulations were created for news agencies and for training purposes, and several were posted on youtube so that the general public could better understand the sitation that the crew faced and the quick decision making and skills that saved so many lives.  Click here to view a simulation of the Hudson event. The nation's hat is off to Captain Sullenberger not only for his incredible skill in making this difficult landing and saving hundreds of lives, but also his presence of mind and critical decision making skills that lead to the decision to choose the path of least potential loss of life in spite of the difficulty.  We can't help but believe that the airline industry's pioneering use of simulation training has made for the safest possible skies, and have helped to create flight crews who are seemingly ready for every possible scenario.