Never flown a Dash 8, but have dead- headed more times than I care to remember, I made a point of getting a seat from which I could see the gear, it really became quite entertaining, wet runway, the wheels just skimming along the water on the runway, beautiful, cant actually feel the touchdown, wheel starts to rotate, then, BAMB! the "lift dump" does its thing and the passenger's are certain the pilot has never flown before, it must be very frustrating for the pilots to have to put up with this every landing,