Re: Pulling a Stop to Runway Overruns
<<<total demonstrated distance from 50ft,>>> by test pilots, probably in good weather in a pristine jet.
<<<<if the approach is flown accurately to a predetermined aiming point, few pilots with any experience to speak of will fail to detect that they have floated significantly beyond the planned touchdown zone ...>>>>
Must be another explanation for all the overruns then, although most that I have read about or heard about seem to have landed well down the runway and frequently hot. Usually there's a weather component or tailwind. The Air France A340 in Toronto touched down around 2000m in.
Rejecting a proposed technique on the basis or with the assertion that pilots wouldn't have problems if they did everything correctly is to deny that fatigue, illusions, CRM breakdowns and mishandling regularly occurs.
That ruler and pea analogy above (in OVERTALK's post) works for me. What further proof does anybody need (beyond flight test)?