We always make perfect decisions after the event don't we. No-one except those two fellas know what indications they had or why they did what they did.
Just the same way the Swissair Capt did what he thought was right at the time. Happens every day, luckily we don't face the real life and death ones like this very often, and our not really perfect answer to the situation actions still get everyone down ok without the names needing to be published in the media.
the Don