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赫德森河上“不速之客” 　　Do you remember when a plane in distress after taking off from an airport in New York City landed safely in the Hudson River？ Well， the captain who accomplished this amazing feat is Captain Chesley“Sully” Sullenberger， and on behalf of Fortune Character， I caught up with him to talk about how he accomplished this， and why he is working with the JeanRichard watch company. 　　“It’s the way I have lived my life for the 57 years before that incident that made the difference in the aggregate， he says， when I ask him how he was able to stay cool under pressure and bring the plane down safely in the waters of the Hudson. “My entire life was preparation for the ultimate challenge of that day. There wasn’t time to learn what I needed to know in those 200 seconds of flight. All my years went into those split seconds which we never trained for. 　　I have been fortunate to achieve two pinnacles in aviation ? first as a fighter pilot and then as an airline captain for 30 years， he continued. I lived my life’s dream. It was important to me to be the most complete， skillful， knowledgeable pilot I could be. The success， if you can call it that， was a product of constant learning and constant striving for excellence. 　　Sullenberger has been a “watch guy”since he began flying， and has always worn a watch as a pilot. “I use my watch as a backup for the instruments in the cockpit，” he explains. “I flew as a fighter pilot at the end of the Cold War， I flew the F4 Phantom 2 fighter， and it had a mechanical winding clock in the instrument panel. Under the G forces， the second hand on the mechanical clock would sometimes lose time. Much of what we were doing was navigation based on timing， and we were flying in formation at very low levels， as low as 100 feet， at speeds of 600 knots， so timing was very important， to be at a particular place at a particular time， so we had to ‘deconflict’ our flight paths. I would sometimes use my watch as a backup to the aircraft clock to make