Yes, yes, the pilot did a fantastic job.

And I don't mean to take away from that at all.  (Especially that he was reportedly the last to leave the plane.)

But how about a shout-out to the flight attendants and the passengers who operated the emergency exits and helped everyone get out so quickly?

I like to think that I'd be calm and useful in such a situation.  

But knowing myself, I'd probably have been like the mother with a baby who was described in some news reports as "crawling over the seats" to get out.