big splash. more this wednesday morning early august 31st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good wednesday morning but to you. nice to have you with us on the early show. i m erica hill. i m jan crawford. chris wragge is off this week. happy to have you here this morning. nice to be here. a new report every airline passenger needs to know about. there are a lot of pilots making mistakes in mid flight. they ve gotten too dependent on technology and not their flying skills. we ll hear from one man who knows all too well how critical the skills can be during an emergency, captain sully sullenberger. looking forwards to learning more about that. first we get you the latest on the damage from hurricane irene which could be one of the ten most expensive disasters in u.s. history. irene can now blamed for 49 deaths and billions of dollars in damage. more than 2 million people remain without power this morning and in vermont, they re using helicopters to get food and