My husband and I went to the movie "Sully" last night.
We all remember watching this plane in the Hudson River in January of 2009. Then there was this friendly, trusting gray haired man on our televisions trying to grapple with the fact he was now a hero. All 155 people on board that plane stepped out of the river and it is because of the thinking of the pilot of that plane, Chesley Sullenburg. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, this movie takes us to after the "Miracle on the Hudson" and through the NTSB investigation into the crash
The Captain is in charge. His reactions and training affects what happens to the people on his plane. What an awesome responsibility. Being a leader...whether in a school, classroom or playing field...it is the same thing. We are constantly thinking on our feet, making a thousand decisions each day. Did you know the whole flight last 4 minutes? That from the moment the birds hit the engines until the plane landed (and let's face it...it didn't crash. He LANDED that plane!) in the Hudson River was 58 seconds. Can you imagine the decisions he made in that short amount of time?
The following blog post highlights what we can learn about leadership from this movie and more importantly the actions of this man. He models the characteristics our students need to see each day. They need to be able to see people doing the things Sully did in order to model them in their own lives: make decisions, take responsibility, and problem solve.
http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-pilot-is-last-off-kidsdeserveit.html
Here is a bonus article from Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2016/09/09/what-the-movie-sully-can-teach-us-about-leadership/#15d0e4e4c500
Go see the movie. It is Clint Eastwood's shortest movie at 96 minutes...and it is good.
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