What kind of parachute is an A321 equipped with? The 737-800 cannot go in there with a full load of tourists on a hot summer day. I bet their landing performance gave a whopping 3 m margin or something. It may be legal, but if you can gain another 200 m stopping distance in the beginning of the runway that might actually be considered a good thing (not showboating, incompetence).
People shouldn't be where they were! Wasn't their a woman killed in St. Maarten a few years ago because of jet blast!?