Trim Stab,
I can't argue with your Chief Pilot's viewpoint, but there is another aspect that shouldn't be forgotten:
Pilot in Hudson River Crash Flew Air Force Fighter Jets
"OMG, I am terrified of flying but I would be happy to be a passenger on one of your aircraft!!" Melanie Wills in Bristol wrote on the wall of "Fans of Sully Sullenberger." "You have saved a lot of peoples lives and are a true hero!!"
Passenger Joe Hart said Sullenberger "was phenomenal."
"He landed it — I tell you what, the impact wasn't a whole lot more than a rear-end (collision). It threw you into the seat ahead of you. Both engines cut out and he actually floated it into the river," he said.