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Old 5th Apr 2009, 01:38
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Huck
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Yes the MD11 lands hot and heavy.

But I'll worry about running off the end of the runway when that actually happens to somebody. As far as I know we've never done that - but we've balled up plenty of MD-11's trying to hit the TDZ at idle....

I have a theory that one of the problems in the freight business is this - no witnesses. A pax pilot will do everything possible to grease the landing. If that means holding on to the power a bit longer, fishing for the runway, so be it. As I said, these things don't routinely run off the ends of runways.

But a freight dog focusses on flightpath - nailing the ILS until the roundout, planting the mains exactly where they go. Many of our pilots came from military pointy jets and have never in their careers made a landing with a couple hundred spectators in the back. Different set of priorities, maybe....
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