Originally Posted by Winnerhofer
“The commander instructed the copilot that he would ‘talk him through’ the landing and specifically that he would instruct him to check the rate of descent with a nose-up sidestick input at 20 ft above touchdown,” the report said. The copilot had been taught to flare the A320 at 30 ft.
This is what bothers me about some training programs that use "hard" figures for when to flare. Why does it especially have to be 30' for the 320 or 20' for the 321? How about just teaching people to fly the airplane? Eyes all the way down the runway (look off the reservation, as we say in the States), and work the pitch and thrust as necessary. I find the 321, if anything, easier to land than both the 320 and the 319, probably because it's heavier and more stable. In my experience with it so far, I actually flare less aggressively with the 21 than with the smaller ones, and then just peel the thrust slower. Works pretty well.