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Old 23rd Mar 2009, 19:17
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egnxema
 
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HI FLYboh,

You've blacklisted FR after "some very dodgy landings"? What do you mean?

You judge an airline based on how hard the wheels contact the tarmac on landing?

Do you factor in the weather conditions on the day?

Do you take into consideration that most airliners train their crew to put the aircraft down firmly and early to maximise runway length?

While most pax are impressed with "a very very smooth landing" - gliding and inching the wheels down to an almost indistiguishable kiss of the tarmac is not considered good flying practice on commercial airliners.
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