Sully suggests airline add the easy-find tabs back into the emergency procedures manual

Did you know that, as a cost-cutting move, US Airways had removed the easy-find tabs from their emergency procedures manual? If you didn't catch Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's interview with Jon Stewart last week, it's worth the time.

The best part is at about 17:50 into the episode. Sully explains that as a cost-cutting move, the airline had removed the easy-lookup tabs from the emergency procedures manual. So co-pilot Jeff Stiles had to hunt, while the plane was heading for the Hudson River, for the section covering "oh cr*p we've lost both engines and are crash-landing in the water."

Jon also praised Sully for using his fame for the cause of good, improving air safety, as opposed to, say, Jon Gosselin's use for his fame.

Photo of Captain Sullenberger courtesy of Ingrid Taylar under Creative Commons 2.0