Quote Originally Posted by CathyA View Post
Watched "Sully" this weekend. I was thinking it might be a bit boring, since I thought it was obvious what had happened and not much to tell about it. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but apparently the FAA(?) questioned Sully's actions and thought he could have made it back to an airport, without landing in the river and losing a plane. It was interesting. I think Sully, himself, could have played the part, although Hanks did okay.
The FAA did not do this in real life. Making the FAA the bad guys was only in the movie as a necessary component for adding some interest/conflict. Word is the FAA was actually miffed that this was done.