Originally Posted by
iaflyer
The touchdown seems a bit hard and 7.5 degrees it a lot of nose up attitude for landing, but on the 757 the nose can pitch up after the spoilers come up, sometimes dramatically.
We (at Delta) are trained to be very aware that it can happen - it seems to depend on CG as on one landing the nose will be fine while the next it can pitch up.
After landing, I move the nose forward to get positive nose down direction, then finesse it onto the ground (hopefully smoothly so it doesn't come down with a thump.)
1.1 G is hard? Aren't we all sitting here at 1G anyhow? The 7.5 sounded like a lot of pitch to me too, then again I have no experience in that jet.