Hairyplane described the event in a deliberately jocular manner, but this doesn't mean that his friend didn't think carefully about making the landing or act prudently in executing it. I can't see any reason to assume that it was not done carefully and well. On this basis, I say hurrah also.
Where is this paragon of rented spamcannical virtue to whom the previous post refers? Is he the same bloke who gripes endlessly about having to fly with an instructor for (gasp!) a whole hour every (shocker!) two years? Actually, I've noticed that this griping thankfully seems to have died out, here at least: does it still go on in the magazines or other fora?