Ryanair landings

[PAXboy]

Non pilot speaking

Maybe that goes some way to answering the original poster's question.

Also:

1. Unknown wind at 30 feet off the ground
2. Wind at 25 foot that lifted a/c more than expected
3. Wind at 15 foot that dropped a/c more than expected
4. Unexpected wash of air around the corner of that larger hangar half a mile away
5. A unexpected flicker from an engine
6. A surprise ...

I have had bumps and greasers from every airline across the 42 years that I have been a pax, in everything from light singles to 744s and Concorde.

I have been on the flight deck into STN in the most appalling wind and rain and watched someone (in a Lo Co 734) pull off the most amazingly smooth landing when he could hardly see out of the windscreen and was juggling everything.

I have been in a respected mainline carrier into MUC on a 320 with a smooth-as-smooth slide down the approach and then experienced a suddenly faster sink rate that shook and rattled everything at touch down so that people who were asleep woke up and screamed.

In other words ... there is no telling what about anything from a landing.