Some do practice short-field landings on the actual aircraft:
http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/photo/Atlan...next_id=NEXTID Btw, that runway is 917x23m (balanced field length)...
I too would rather do a "firm" landing in the right spot, than a smooth one way past the thouch-down zone. Then again, I have no PAX to upset
I can, however, think of two cases in which we land long (with tower's approval):
1/ to "expedite" landing so as to vacate the runway for departing traffic on the reciprocal (HAM 15/33 in the morning, due noise abatement)
2/ to vacate at the end, when there is no traffic behind (FCO 16L).
We flare (just), then overfly half the runway at 5ft RA
Cheers
