Interesting. A thought experiment. A suitable mass...a golf ball sized hunk of lead, is suspended between two vertical coil springs in full sight of the pilots.
PNF. ‘Rate!' Or whatever yer SOPs tell you to scream when a couple of seconds from impact.
PF pulls back on the stick.
Providing the aircraft is still flying, the sprung mass should move downwards relative to the airframe. This means that the plane has accelerated vertically upwards relative to its own frame. (pause for groan)
The fact is, that shoving forward at the right moment, makes getting a smoothie landing a pushover on some types. (I'm sorry, it's not going to get any better. )
It's been said earlier. At that moment, the wing loading is reduced...that moment being the exact time that the nifty pilot is compressing a lot of air between him and the concrete.
A couple of other thoughts.
My recollection of Captain Highrate doing consistently good landings was cos he was going at some speed just shy of cruise. Stopping was the thing that sent the trolley with the miniatures on it up to the flight deck.
Being in a lift with a broken string, gave Einstein his ‘happiest thought', and changed the way we think about motion for ever. But when will it stop hard landings?