I assume the Airbus comment is in relation to the landing law where a small nose down pitch is commanded in the last stages of the flare to make the pilot apply a nose up movement which makes the landing seem more like a conventionally controlled aircraft. I doubt this was a factor as the A320 does feel fairly conventional in pitch in my experience of about 2000 landings on it. I have however, seen a colleague land a 747 nosewheel first and this was due to a combination of factors, the main one being poor technique.