‘Miracle on the Hudson’ pilot steps down from ICAO

The announcement comes a month after Sullenberger raised concerns about attempts by regional airlines to reduce pilot requirements that he warned would weaken safety.

C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the commercial pilot who safely landed an Airbus A320 on New York’s Hudson River in 2009 after hitting a flock of geese, said on Thursday he would step down as US envoy to an international aviation group on July 1.