Capt. Chesley Sullenberger knows a thing or two about leadership -- and the Miracle on the Hudson pilot says President Trump doesnt have what it takes.

The man who saved 155 passengers when he made a successful 2009 emergency landing in the river blasts Trump in a new ad released by the #NeverTrump conservative Lincoln Project.

Serving a cause greater than ones self is the highest calling. And its in that highest calling of leadership that Donald Trump has failed us so miserably, Sullenberger says.

Sullenberger, a retired Air Force pilot from a military family, spoke out this month when reports claimed Trump derided veterans as suckers for sacrificing for the common good.

The pilot recalled his own heroics by urging Americans to step up to the plate and send Trump packing.

Eleven years ago, I was called to my moment. Now, we are all called to this moment, Sullenberger says in the ads conclusion. All we have to do is vote him out.

Sullenberger, who is remembered fondly as Sully by New Yorkers, won a place in Gotham immortality when he steered crippled US Airways Flight 1549 to a safe landing in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009. Everyone onboard the flight survived.

The episode, instantly dubbed the Miracle of the Hudson," cheered the spirits of a nation battered by the great recession in the days before President Obama took office.

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