Originally Posted by Wizofoz
Sorry, current instructor here- and you'd HAVE to include "Aircraft not written off"!!
It's quite possible to meet your criteria and break the fuselage in two!
there is certainly too much emphasis on smooth touchdowns, and a firm touchdown meeting you criteria is ideal, but the ROD HAS to be reduced to an acceptable level.
Well, I was trying to be reasonable. There's nothing reasonable about a hull loss.
That said, if the landing was indeed hard enough to obviate a write up in the log book, then I would probably have a second thought about the "passability" (to coin a word) of the line check.
After all, the point of being professional is to leave the airplane serviceable for the next guy.
Let's take another example: experienced Capt with no prior incidents but during a line check he taxis off the paved surface, runs over a couple blue lights and gets stuck in the mud. It's a nice day, good weather and good pavement markings. He just had a lapse in judgment and the result is a slightly damaged airplane that is now GROUNDED.
Sorry, but I'm afraid this is going to be bad news for the Capt.