"Pity no one was there to tell him to land on the hard stuff"
Dorward was a very long time career management pilot at AN and most likely would have had a preference for the seal .. I suggest that he would have had a very good operational reason after much discussion on the R/T for going to the sod rather than the seal .. certainly an interesting ride from the video.
"BILL when I knew him"
Intriguing .. most of us always called him Bob in discussions .. haven't seen him in years .. how is he going these days ? ... helluva nice guy.