Ladies and Gents
Lets not knock the CRM in this case. When you consider the timescale involved I can only imagine the Captain said some thing along the lines of 'lets go for the river' Is the F/O going to start arguing the case with only seconds remaining in the air? I think not.
At the end of the day it turned out to be the right decision and everyone survived albeit most with wet feet!
Whoever 'landed' the A/C is also not really an issue (IMHO) so well done to both of the flight crew.
Also huge respect to the Captains of the ferry boats for reacting as quickly as thay did to attend the scene and recover all on board
Rgds
CL747