Well I am tired so I hope this comes out right. I have been gone with the family for a few days so I am rather shocked at how much this thread has created. I intended to post this as a positive, not to create rocker chair quarter backs on what the pilots should have or shouldn't have done. We were not there and that is that. From what I can read in this "one" article it sounds like this crew did a stand up job of taking care of the pax after the fact.
All we hear these days is how pilots are not worth the money the company pays us. But as we all know there is more to flying than just pushing the AP button. These guys for what ever reason touched down hard and ran off the runway but when the dust settled they followed through with their training and took care of the pax in a professional manner just the way we should. (from what I read). I guess what I was getting at was not how much time the pilots did have or didn't have but that they did their job and did it professionally even if they did screw up the landing. We all screw things up it is just how we deal with the results that determins wether or not you are a good pilot. In this time of reducing capacity and potential mergers there will be plenty of time to rip on each other, (like it or not). So I was just trying to show an example of pilots doing their job, all of it, not just the easy part. Rip on!