BP
I lived in Sweden for three years and did lot of biz travel. One thing about the MD 80 that struck me was that pilots seemed to able to and it very smoothly almost all the time. Now i know that sometimes thumping it on is a good idea-hydroplaning etc, but it happened so often that I did notice the difference. i flew on many other mostly European airlines at the same time and of course most of them flew 737s and A320s.
The odd hard landing on SAS did stick in my mind , especially where after one real locker opening thump the in charge ( on SAS then that was usually a lady close to fifty and usually very charming) made her announcement as 'Ladies and Gentleman as you may have noticed we have landed at Stockholm Arlanda which did cause some mirth.
Anyway you seemed to like flying the MD 80 and I know you flew for other airlines too, was the MD 80 especially good at 'greasers'
sorry for the thread drift