A "hero" is someone that, without regard for personal safety, interjects him/herself into a situation for which they are not being paid or have not been trained... A professional is someone that does the job for which they're paid/trained in spite of the circumstances. The pilots of the USAir flight dealt with the chitty situation handed them with excellence. But they were just saving their own asses.
I had to quote that before you delete it. Can't afford to lose such a classic.
WTF?
You really don't know much, do you.
Funny, my old man's standard line about flying is, "laymen never understand, pilots don't think about the passengers per se... they think about themselves and take care of their own asses... if they do that well, everyone else's ass is taken care of too."
