Originally Posted by
gbntpilot
I'm right there with ya. I couldn't land smoothly (in the 900) to save my life on my last trip. Luckily, my ego became a little less bruised when the captain (who was a GHMC, if you know what that is) pounded one on in Harrisburg that made my carrier landings look beautiful by comparison.
It was at night, and he was blaming some reflection from the side windows that made him see two rows of edge lights. I've been looking for that anomaly ever since, and have yet to find it.
One technique that seems to work well is to slowly start reducing power at the 50ft callout, but don't completely wipe it. Keep just a touch of power in until the 10ft call and then walk it all out and decrease pitch by 1 degree or so and it rolls on pretty nicely. One mistake a lot of people make is setting the pitch too high in the flare, especially when trying to slow a high descent rate, that just drives the mains into the ground. Oh well...good luck!