Safety Day 2017 Keynote Speaker Doreen Welsh

On behalf of the Chicago Area Business Aviation Safety Committee I am excited to share that our keynote speaker for Safety Day 2017 (April 26, 2017) will be Doreen Welsh, Flight Attendant - "Miracle on the Hudson"

When US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed into New York’s Hudson River in 2010, Doreen Welsh thought that her life was over. Doreen had worked as a flight attendant for 38 years and says that she`s had some interesting incidents in her career, but none like the experience that was to become known as the "Miracle on the Hudson."

About a minute after take-off those on board felt as if the plane hit something. That something was birds—big birds—which unbeknown to passengers and flight attendants took out both of the airliner’s two engines.

Doreen, sitting in the lone flight attendant seat in the back section of the airplane, thought they were just going to circle around and land, having made quick returns to the airport a number of times in the past. Instead, as she fastened her safety belt, she heard the three words for which she had trained for 38 years, but words she thought she would never hear in her entire career, "BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Doreen had 90 seconds until impact! Ninety seconds which she instinctively knew would be her last in this world. The world was now in slow motion as the pilot had to land the plane on the frigid Hudson River.

 Ninety Seconds To Impact!  If you had only 90 seconds to focus the survival skills of those around you, what would you do? This is the question Doreen asks, it’s the question she answers, it’s the story she tells - a story that has audiences in tears one minute and laughing out loud the next.

Doreen takes participants on the emotional journey of that fateful day which became known as The Miracle on the Hudson. Because of the heroic deeds of five crewmembers–who had never met until that day–it was a miracle!

In additional to being a captivating speaker, Doreen provides powerful applications to everyone in the audience. She inspires audiences to develop their skills and manage their personal resources through proper training, skill development and risk management. She’ll help you see the necessity of maintaining situational awareness, the importance of engaging in team participation and the necessity of continued training and refresher programs.

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