Well Alsacienne, I have. See post above.
OK! I wasn't having a go at student or inexperienced pilots ... you have all misread something that wasn't intended into my post. I was merely expressing my opinion, which was related to my personal experience.
No need to feel threatened or hostile!
When will people get over the conceit of judging a landing's "quality" by its smoothness?
Perhaps a bit of education would help ... I'm not sure that your use of the word
conceit is particularly objective. Obviously a good/successful landing is one where the plane taxies (sp?) safely to the stand and the SLF leave alive, but SLF cannot but help judging a landing by the noise and personal displacement they experience on landing. What else would you like to share with us so we can adapt our criteria for evaluating a landing?