Originally Posted by 15789

I had a X-wind to tailwind shear going into BWI, The bounce put us back into the air by 20 feet(according to the RA). My Captain at the time said you couldn't do that on your own if you tried to. Well, Firm landings happen to all of us-they'll happen again.
You could tell your PAX that you just came back from Carrier quals, and just got into that routeen(sp).