Re: Best shuttle pilot?

Would it be correct to state that situations where a CDR's skills would
really be testes would not generally make it to the public and hence,
we could not possibly discuss who the best CDR has been ?


I was thinking that perhaps the pilots of the last Columbia flight might
deserve some mention. Their skills and mental status would have been
tested to the limit since, for what would have seemed like an eternity,
they knew they had a sick ship that was loosing control.

I have no idea how they behaved and wether they just watched the
computers try to keep the ship in one piece or whether they actively got
involved in a calm and non panicked way. But I see the potential for
them showing off exactly why they needed really skilled people in the front.
.