Give me a firm landing rather than a long, long extended float down the runway any day. I want to be touched down at the beginning of the runway, not the end!!! Aircraft are much stronger in the undercarriage department than passengers think, and getting the aircraft on the ground is more desireable than a float, because it gets the anti-lift devices, reverse thrust etc. going nice and early. Judge landings from the Flight Deck, not from the passenger cabin!!