Originally Posted by
RippinClapBombs
What does any of that matter anyways. Anyone that’s been in the left (or right) seat as PM knows any control inputs below 100ft AFE by the PF can’t be anticipated in time to correct the error. .
Not quite sure I agree with this. Any PM worth their salt, in either seat, should be able to intervene and save an aircraft down to about...maybe 20' AGL in a CRJ. (I have 4K hours in the mighty Canadian Reset Jet, have sat on both sides of the trash bag, and flew with a lot of people brand-new to the airplane.)
In a -900 you'd usually start the flare just after the 30' radalt callout, start bringing the power back at 20-25' and then make darn sure you were at ldle by 10' or 5' at the latest. (It's actually pretty much the exact same technique as landing the Guppy, now that i think of it.) Flying with a new FO, especially on the first few legs they were doing as PF, you'd be absolutely very much awake as you passed the 50' call, just in case. I never had to take the controls from anyone.
Thing is, though, with most accidents there are usually multiple causes. It's entirely possible that, in addition to the apparent non-flare in the video, compounded by the last-second roll resulting in all the force being absorbed by the right main, there could have been a windshear that happened at 10-30', and there could have been a fatigue crack or some other mechanical issue with the right MLG. Without seeing the report and the FDR data, there's no way to know.