Agreed, but I doubt any informed passenger wants to roll the dice on this pilot again. You can not discount the severity of the errors that flight crew made on that morning, or the extreme liability any air carrier presents by allowing him to operate another passenger flight. Given a 100% recovery - I could not/would not endorse his desire to return to passenger operations.

I don't claim super-human invincibility, or above average airmanship - nor does anyone argue the character of the pilots involved. We have to be realistic though.

From one airline pilot to another I wish him the best of luck, and he may be blessed to have survived. May we all be lucky enough that we never share a similar fate.