While I agree with the actual crews assessment that they were just doing their jobs; we have to realise that the general public has the perception that most people in high-profile professions; politicians, so-called business leaders etc, are doing those jobs in either a half-arsed manner, or with their own benefit placed so far above any other priority as to be laughable.
So when an airline crew comes along and performs a feat of unquestioned competence and coolness, and when after the landing they evacuated the aircraft according to their training, their only thought being to get everyone else out first, you have to understand that it is a bit of a novelty in this day and age.
Heroic even, by the norms of the day.
Sully and crew, you did a great job. But most airline crew members reading this would probably have performed in a similiar manner.
The public has a notoriously short memory, but hopefully that will be something to think about next time the "Overpaid bus drivers" and Trolley dolly" slurs get flung around.