Wow. I’m actually learning something from this thread! Great discussion.
Thanks gents, esp Jester (good food for thought, plus mature reactions I didn’t even think were allowed on the prune
) and ex Douglas Driver for the excellent reference.
At the end of the day split-second decision, no-one dead and airplane intact, well done. The Monday morning quarterbacking is inevitable in our profession, even Sully had a hard time justifying his decisions (and I for one would be happy to do half as well as he did in a situation half as difficult as he faced).