Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
Rick, I agree with 99.999% of what you post, but what happens to your passenger ratings when you plant it on a wet runway with a 25kt crosswind? They get a firm landing and then they leave all upset that the pilot didn't grease it on. Little do they know that the firm landing spared them a trip into the real estate surrounding the airport. Do you really trust pax to evaluate your competence/ability as a pilot?
I really do not think that matters in the grand scheme of things. There are going to be times that you have to plant one on. And you going to make some of the folks mad, but **** on it, you can please everyone all the time. If everyone knew how to critique our landings everyday on every flight and knew what they were talking about, then it seem there would be alot of pilots and they would know what is going on, and we know that is not the case. I have also seen a fair amount of business travelers out there that know some, and they know good weather from bad, and good landings from bad. and for those of us that are flying 50 seaters and less, there is not too many people at any one time to make mad or happy, I but of the course of 4 days it would be a wash. Plus with us flying turboprop schedules with a jet, plenty of time to make cash.
Long story short, just a bunch of what if's