Landing the ERJ
Been there , done that..got about 1000 hours on it.
My method was something like this...
stable approach with as much crab as required and wings level..that's the easy bit until you get to the flare.
In simulator I'd chop the power at 50 feet, but for real I'd chop it at about 35 feet if conditions were a bit "exciting"....
I don't have much bad to say about the 145 except that these ailerons become very sluggish at the lower speeds, and with a strong xwind component , that downwind wing sometimes drops violently...something you really don't need at less than 35 feet, and full aileron (or thereabouts) may be required to catch it. that's why, if the runway was long enough and/or I had enough headwind , I'd "cheat" a bit and add about 5 knots to my threshold speed, just to give me that extra bit of aileron control in case I needed it, especially if it was turbulent.
Throughout that last few seconds while the speed washes off after you've chopped the power, you sort of have a bit of a "race" on your hands..ie put the wheels on the tarmac while you still have plenty of aileron control..in other words..don't hang about trying to grease it on.
Now...here are two comments which some pilots will disagree with and for good reason.
1) Throughout the entire landing, the elevator will be sensitive , but the ailerons will become increasing sluggish at a rapid rate, so I used to consciously apply large aileron imputs after chopping the power..
Some pilots discourage this because they're afraid of you overcontrolling so close to the ground. Also, if you start doing that, it might be tempting to accidentally over control the elevator as well, and you really don't want to do that !!
2) Some pilots absolutely insist on keeping the wings level to touchdown for obvous reasons. Others like to apply a very slight (Emphasise SLIGHT) into-wind wing down bias, just to help stay on the centreline, and get some grip with the rubber, before the aircraft stops flying.
In other words, fly it on rather than stall it on.
This was my preferred method.
Then of course you have that other problem where the Embraer often doesn't drop it's nose after touchdown, so you have to prepare yourself to move the control column forward, arguably justifying the school of thought that you should "keep flying" this aircraft until after touchdown..in fact down to about 60 knots because that downwind wing still wants to drop after you're on terra firma..you gotta keep plenty..(perhaps full?) into-wind aileron applied for most of the landing roll.
Please don't regard this as advice because it's up to your ops manual & training captains...but what I've described worked well for me.
Happy landings
Just read through what I posted and don't think I emphasised one important point enough...
If you ever do try the SLIGHT wing-down method..please promise me that you will NEVER NEVER NEVER do that at anything higher than the last few feet..like that last couple of seconds before you expect to touch down.
Swept wing + Crosswind + Cross controls is a bad recipe.
Make sure that you're already so close to the ground that if the downwind wing does decide to drop, and you run out of aileron control, you are absolutely certain that it's wheel will touch the ground..and not the wingtip.
And whatever your training captains /ops manual tells you MUST over-ride anything I've said here.