In the E190 once the mains have touched and spoilers are up its quite easy to let the nose wheel drop on and hit the runway quite hard. I would say that the pilot into YBSU was looking after his/her machine by easing the nose down as the embraer isnt built as strong as the likes of say a boeing. As long as you have the mains on in the touchdown zone which will trigger the spoilers and autobrakes if selected, and you where on speed throughout the approach, easing the nose or flying it on instead of letting it slam on will have little to no effect on your stopping ability. Also if you had passed through some icing conditions at any stage from take-off to landing throughout your flight you will have found that the crew has to use what they call 'ice speeds' which for the same flap setting is approx 10 knots faster which on a short YBSU runway will give you that effect on coming in super fast.
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