Hero US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger of Danville told “NBC’s People of the Year” that he has enjoyed ”rock-star sex” since safely landing his crippled jet with 155 on board in the Hudson River.

“He doesn’t know I’m going to say this, but I had joked the other day that … the hero sex really helps a 20-year-old marriage,” Sullenberger’s wife Lorrie said during the interview, which is scheduled to air Thursday.

“Rock star sex,” Sully then said, according to a report on nbcnewyork.com.

Sullenberger became a national hero after safely landing the plane, which had hit geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia airport. Everyone on board escaped safely.

Other “People of the Year” featured in the special hosted by Matt Lauer are Taylor Swift, “Octomom’ Nadya Suleman, Susan Boyle and Kobe Bryant. The show is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. EST Thursday on NBC.