I gave up trying to land the funky Q400 consistently smooth about 6 months after IOE. The more I stressed about making a good landing the worse I would do, and that was taking the fun out of the job. I would say 1 in 4 landings are smooth, the rest are clunkers and sometimes a whole trip of clunkers is all I get. Maybe I’m just a $*it pilot tho
I know nothing about the CRJ900 but I would think it has to be a different sight picture and technique than the 200. Floating the plane out of the TDZ is one thing but if you missed the 1000’ footers you still have 1500-2000 more feet to go on most runways before you are now out of the TDZ. Just out of curiosity how long was the runway that you noticed these “floating” arrivals? Unless I have a RW less than 7000 I don’t specifically aim to land exactly on the 1000 footers, just somewhere in that general area or until the CA starts squirming then I’ll settle the power back smash her in and call it a day :P