It always amuses me how the media use the word hero.
Not just the media of course, the main thread of this topic is littered with the word.
Pace, you have exactly it right and eloquently explained too. It is a very difficult point to raise and discuss but you managed it perfectly. Nothing you have said detracts, and I know that was your intention, in anyway from the consummate skills displayed by the crew of that flight. Well said.
I put the BA 777 crew in this same bracket.