Mercer told CBS News, "It was an exciting landing because you are looking into so much space as you land, and you know you don't have a lot of room for error."
An understatement of a high order, I reckon.
What about the heat, wind, updraft, all sorts of changing wind draft situations that the pilot must have encountered during the day as temps built up and then dissipated, alongside the imperitives of the onboard medics etc.?
Good effort, played the press well and did the job. What more can be said?