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Old 27th May 2010, 03:14
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A carpenter has many grades of sand paper and knows when to use each type.

So too a pilot with landings. Sometimes a landing should be a good firm PLUNK right on the spot with max braking right away.

Sometimes you can give yourself the luxury of a ''grease'' job.

Exceeding 600 FPM can damage the plane at normal landing weights. Overweight landings should be less than 300 fpm.

But if you are at all stable on approach and you do virtually nothing, you will have a decent landing. (in a transport).

While there have been plenty of pilots who ran airlines...right into the ground, I think that anyone who runs an airline but hasn't the piloting experience to back up decisions of an aeronautical nature, shouldn't be running the place.
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