L337,
Maybe, but even if they did get the aircraft into the problem situation, they were able to make a good landing (ie. one where everyone could walk away) rather than end up on houses.
atakacs,
By that logic we can stop handing out VCs, then.
Even the Soviets had various Orders of Lenin for going above-and-beyond. The fact that aircraft crash from time to time and people don't manage to get out, indicates that 100% survival is not necessarily guaranteed when the stuff starts hitting the fan.
Good on the crew.