seekayess,
I'd say yours is very reasonable comment.
Did you get a Green Endorsement for the Gnat incident?
misd-agin,
I think that the change of configuration demonstrated very quick thinking, involving, as it would, a rapid assessment of whether any immediate sink would be more than offset by the higher L/D ratio for the remainder of the flight. 'Heroic' ? Well, I think we're arguing semantics here. If they are heroes then the resulting attention and expectation will probably make their lives more difficult. Quick witted professionals? I'd say so.
I've certainly learnt from having weeks to consider actions which took place in seconds and, although having retired, I am unlikely to put any conclusions into practice, there just may be the occasion when the crew flying Basil to visit the kids, having read all this, will save the day
