Judging height in the hold-off

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There are pilots who can be taught to land and with practice can do a reasonable job then there are those who have the right makeup.

Hand eye co ordinations, judgement, reactions are all qualities which some have and others dont.

You may get the pilot who has a precise mathematical brain and is great at detail but cannot hack flying skills and visa versa.

IMO geting a greaser or Chairmans landing does have an element of luck involved. You may think you have the perfect approach the perfect profile only to feel a thump on touchdown while other times you get the landing where you dont feel the tyres touch.

I compare handling an aircraft as to Skiing you can train most people to Ski and they will do a reasonable job then you get the downhill racer who has oodles of natural ability and co ordinations.

I am not decrying pilots but neither am I saying that we are all made the same. We have different strenghs in different areas of flight.

That is why you can have a multi houred pilot crash on landing in very strong winds while another lower houred pilot will revel in those conditions.

Finally may I add that too much is put into getting a greaser! the airlines put far more emphasis into hitting the runway touchdown point and passengers judge a landing in good conditions where such a greaser can be made and not where the real skills are shown in bad conditions where they judge a landing as bad because the pilot "puts it down firmly because he has to". When infact putting it down firmly required far more skill and applaud.

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