For television producers maybe. Fortunately, there really wasn't much danger of anything so dramatic. And it was a gorgeous landing at that! Rolled it on nice and smooth. I suppose it must be a bit of a strain on those who don't know that the landing gear is designed to withstand much more abuse than landing with flat tires provides. If you want to see real terror, go watch the video of the Chalk's Mallard crash. I was very happy to watch a professional and well executed emergency landing after seeing that other video. As with the JetBlue landing of last month, this one was sensational footage of what turned out to be a non-event. Too bad nobody had cameras rolling when I had to land with a flat tire. That was a non-event too. Tower got a kick out of it though.
Westhawk