Originally Posted by
IcePack
Back in the day I was taught to "drive" a 737 onto the rwy. None of this pussy footing about trying to land it like a light aircraft. Seems to me, to be poor training in jet techniques that are causing more than the fair share of over runs. Maybe training departments should look back to when pilots were being converted from heavy props to heavy jets and re introduce some of those lessons.
In my day we were expected to make a nice smooth landing on a long dry runway, and to "put it on" on an icy runway such as LGA (which I went to more than I care to remember.)