Contrived ending

Rating: 4/10 (5 July 2013)

First - top notch acting by Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle and whoever the actress was that played Nicole. Even John Goodman does a decent job, although he plays his character over the top.
But the script...oy! There is nothing new here. Denzel's alcoholism takes its toll. He loses it all. Been there, done that.
In the hearing - when asked if he thinks the stewardess drank the two mini-bottles of vodka, all he has to say is "I have no way of knowing. I wasn't back there, how would I know?" End of story.
It would have been better to see him stay sober, and testify. And later have many families thanking him for saving their lives, but maybe have him wonder if he could have saved everyone if he had been sober and well rested.
I watched a video of the pilot that crash landed the plane in an Iowa corn field. He did an impossible job and saved a lot of lives, but about 40 people died. Years later that still ate at him; what could he have done different to save everyone. And this guy was sober. What kind of ghosts would haunt you if you had been drinking? That would have been a better story than this.