Thought a "hero" is one who puts him/herself in harm's way to protect others..as I see it, while having done a brilliant job in ditching the aircraft, this chap was merely ensuring his own survival, and by default those of his passengers and crew...
This point has been made before but it doesn't seem to have registered with some. Isn't walking the aisles of a sinking airplane twice to make sure everyone had gotten out "putting himself in harms way"? He could have just yelled "Everybody out?" as he headed for the life raft.