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Old 13th May 2015, 14:55
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Fursty Ferret
 
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Don't be afraid to cut the power a bit earlier than your colleagues either. It seems to be a rising trend at my airline to go for a greaser by leaving the power on until about six inches above the ground with a late or minimal flare.

It's wrong for so many reasons:

1. It's not SOP.
2. It might give a greaser most of the time but when it's half-way down the runway that doesn't count.
3. You get a constant stream of "RETARD, RETARD, RETARD, RETARD..." which should be a clue that it's the wrong way to go about landing.
4. It scares the living daylights out of the other guy who thinks you've forgotten to flare.
5. It's not actually that consistent and regularly leads to a wallopy thump of a three point landing when you don't have as much ground effect as you thought you did.

Pretend the runway is 1500m long and wet, and concentrate on consistently touching down in the same place, on the centreline, with the drift removed and the pitch attitude sensible. Airbus want a positive touchdown and provided you don't actually bury it into the ground, who cares?

Passengers remember heavy braking far more than firm touchdowns.
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