What would you do if you were faced with, say, 65kts cross - without any option? I can assure you that when that happens, and you have no choice, you do not have much time to consider whether or not you are a 'super hero'. You were obviously not flying into LHR on the morning of 16 Oct 87. I did not have a jammed stab, but I did have a "Rudder Ratio" on short finals. Super hero did not come into it, but professionalism did (and ATIS was not much help).
Prober
... and i always thought itīs professionalism which enables You to avoid a situation which is out of the aircrafts/ airlines limits. ... in this case by chosing the alternate airport ....