I was on Freedom just recently (145) and after a very rough, skidding back and forth across the runway, with an attempt at locking up the brakes, type landing the FA told me that, that was the FO's best landing of the whole trip. She asked me if that sort of thing was normal because after four months on the job she was starting to feel, "not so safe." Seriously, I tried to reassure her as best as I could and still stay honest. Poor girl. I wish her luck with getting on with JetBlue.

So what's this about we are not allowed to use the flight director on takeoff anymore? Are the rotation rates that bad?