Hey, daelight,
I'd say I agree with you on most of what you said, except maybe the God like stuff. I'll leave that to Hollywood.
But I do have one question, about this:
"He is now completley 200% focused on saving the lives of each and every person onboard..."
I would venture to say that at that point he was 200% focused on the task at hand: surviving! Which conveniently helps everybody behind him. After the succesfull ditching, that's when he makes sure all are taken care of.
Not degrading anything he/they did. Just trying to be realistic.