Originally Posted by Vilas
The aircraft is already almost in landing attitude a minimal of flare and you get a greaser.
In the context of Casper's post above, I did scratch my head over this one. I'm not a Bus driver, but I assume Flap 3 will give a higher descent rate due being faster. So unless ground effect is much greater, one would need to flare
more to alight in a nice manner. The "almost landing attitude" must be a furphy for Flap 3. One still has to flare.
I liked the crack by Airbus at pilot costs for extra taxi time. On my jalopy, one minute extra taxi uses far more fuel, cost-wise, than the drivers get paid!