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Old 16th Feb 2004, 04:53
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John Citizen
 
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What the passengers notice ?

If the runway is very long, much longer than "landing distance required", then I cannot see anything wrong in floating longer to make it a greaser, especially in an aircaft type difficult to "grease on".

Remember this very important fact :

The passengers (who keep the airline alive and pay our salary) can all feel the difference between a greaser and a thump,

but

the passengers got no absolute idea about touchdown zone markings etc,

Remember, some passengers are still very scared of flying and by making it a smooth flight followed by a smooth landing might encourage them to fly again one day or feel better about it.
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