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tazzygirl -> RE: Atheists have a PR problem (12/7/2011 1:26:49 PM)
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Sullenberger says he was able to use his training to force calm on his situation. Clearly he made decisions from his training and not his emotions. The emotions were pushed aside and reasoning proceeded from training. You said it couldn't be done, tazzy, but there it is in the words you quoted.
And it was later determined that he could have made it back to the air strip. I never said he couldnt focus on the task at hand. But even he admitted he was not operating from a point of no emotions.
There simply isnt a way to divorce oneself from one's emotions. Even if one wants to suggest that emotions can be controlled. They can be controlled to an extent. But not the extent of turning them off, ignoring them completely, deciding which emotions to feel or not feel.
Crashing a plane in the Hudson and not having a single emotion before, during or afterwards? Not possible.
He admitted to his fear. The whole crew did. In a code, medical staff feel fear. Training allows them to focus, gives them someone to work with, its ingrained, memorized. A new pilot may not have landed that plane as successfully. A new nurse may not handle a code as calmly. But its misleading to insist they can "push" their emotions aside. They are still there.
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