Originally Posted by Lucky Angel
I had the pleasure to fly around 1000hours on Dash and i always found that putting down one main first and then the other always helped in a smoother ldg. That doesnt help when you move onto jets though.
It certainly helps with the quality of the landing, but the FO then gives the thing to me pointing off runway heading....
Our company (catering for low time cadets) advise a final speed of Vref + 15 kts on the long runways that we operate from. That helps with avoiding tailstrikes and makes the flare more of a "fly-level". Although the landings won't be greasers, they certainly would be acceptable if the a/c is not held off too long. I also found that it helps to take the power off very slowly (Bombardier advise power on landings at high density altitudes and weights).