Hard landing during recurrent line check
Anyone enlighten me on whether this necessarily means an "Unsatisfactory" (fail) report in the case of a recurrent line check of an experienced captain? In the opinion of the line instructor/checker it was a one-off, the rest of the flight being satisfactorily conducted and the approach stabilised, the weather unremarkable, etc. Both agreed that the landing should be rated as 'hard'.
It would be interesting to know the different policies (there must be some, right?).