Originally Posted by
KoruPilot
So what makes the MD 11 such a bugger to land............................ It appears to have a bit of a problem, but as I've never touchd the controls of one. . .any comments?
I wasn't on the AC when EWR happened, but I understand that the LSAS (MD-11 speak for stability augmentation

) was "tweaked" to improve handling in the flare. Of the two types we fly (incl MD-10) must would agree the MD-10 is the hardest to land smoothly (the -10 of the fleet being harder than the -30). MD-10-10 is by far the biggest slug in the fleet, I think a C-150 with a pair of Sumo wrestlers would out climb the -10 from surface to 1000 ft.

To answer the original question, I think its lands quite nicely