Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
Yeah, those EWR controllers love it when you Q400 boys slow to 130 still 10 miles out and float for days before touching down 3000 feet down the runway and then rolling all the way to the end. Watching those "smooth" landings just makes their day
I didnt say anything about being 130 ten miles out and floating down the runway....but yes it definately happens. Being on centerline and on profile over the fence does not require configured and on speed 10 miles out. For every dash that comes into an airport slow there is an ERJ or CRJ that does the same. There are alot of IOEs going on right now.
I beat one into 11 today at EWR so I could clear before R, when we deplaned we had an older woman who must have been at/near/around 100 who needed an aisle chair to get off because she was too frail. I felt bad, probably took 5 years off her life.