Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

Landing in Lake Chuck, LA (5000' runway) during some rain in the E145 I put it down very firmly and got on it to get stopped. As we taxi to the gate the captain says "nice landing, I hate getting seat cushion up my butt watching you guys float trying to grease it onto a short runway". So I'm feeling pretty good about my "performance" landing. As the pax deplane, I'm turned around in my seat just in case anyone wants to look past the FA at the 2 goons who actually hurled them through the air at 450mph in a 50,000lb aluminum tube. As this one guy gets off he looks up into the front office and says "you boys practicing for those carrier landings?". Before I can say a word the FA says "well the option is an evacuation and a campfire in those trees over there...so I'd say it was a pretty decent landing". Guy just mumbled and walked off