I agree - confidence, but without complacency, is definitely the key, and it's very hard to find that balance. Certainly lots of practice is the best way of reaching something close to the balance though.
Ace, sounds like you managed to find a pretty good balance that day, doing everything pretty much right. Once question though (at the risk of hijacking an excellent thread - sorry!) I've heard a theory - and I have to say that it's one I agree with - that doing a fly-by in those circumstances doesn't contribute anything to the situation. Specifically, if the tower says the gear is not down, you're going to have the fire trucks ready, do as smooth a landing as possible on the good wheels, and be prepared for sparks as the other wing looses lift. On the other hand, if the tower says the gear appears down, you have to assume that it's down but not locked, in which case you'll have the fire trucks ready, do as smooth a landigns as possible on the good wheels, and be prepared for sparks as the other wheel collapses - not really a whole load different. Since you raised the subject, I was wondering what you and other PPRuNers thought about that.
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