AZTRUCKER
Dont i feel like the idiot, dont know about the landing in BNE but the one in PPP was mine, it was hard and i do apologise however there was about 20kts blustering xwind and the approach was flown visually from overhead. The carrier you were flying with are much more concerned with an acurate touch on the markers than with a smooth touch down. As for the delay yeah a gen was up the duff and if we didnt divert to CNS we wouldnt have ben able to apply the M.E.L on the ground at PPP. As for hard landings from what I remember it would have been lucky to be a 6-7 out of 10 with 10 being mask deployment and a write up.
what s--ts me is that the FO did roll it on in CNS and it was off 34, so no ILS and it was also visually flown. Still the FO was an ex Ansett boy out of SYD so one rwy would not have bothered him.
i though the low level jolly from CNS to PPP was good value though, sort of like the old days with a 206. hee hee hee