Landing in Lake Chuck, LA (5000' runway) during some rain in the E145 I put it down very firmly and got on it to get stopped. As we taxi to the gate the captain says "nice landing, I hate getting seat cushion up my butt watching you guys float trying to grease it onto a short runway". So I'm feeling pretty good about my "performance" landing. As the pax deplane, I'm turned around in my seat just in case anyone wants to look past the FA at the 2 goons who actually hurled them through the air at 450mph in a 50,000lb aluminum tube. As this one guy gets off he looks up into the front office and says "you boys practicing for those carrier landings?". Before I can say a word the FA says "well the option is an evacuation and a campfire in those trees over there...so I'd say it was a pretty decent landing". Guy just mumbled and walked off

 

I had a X-wind to tailwind shear going into BWI, The bounce put us back into the air by 20 feet(according to the RA). My Captain at the time said you couldn't do that on your own if you tried to. Well, Firm landings happen to all of us-they'll happen again.
You could tell your PAX that you just came back from Carrier quals, and just got into that routeen(sp).

 

Yeah...not even close. Good try though Good story too.

 

On my 4-day IOE in the 170, my landings started out being shabby to pretty good on the last leg of the trip and feeling confident about them.

Get 3 days off and on my 1st leg on the line out of IOE and I hit pretty hard coming in ROC, severe clear and light winds. Embarassing to say the least.

 

I've had my share of carrier landings in the -900 as well. And they always seem to happen with this one particular flight attendant who always comments. She's sharp enough to know the A/P disconnect "chirp" and whose leg it is so I get a complex when I fly with her. But the last one I did with her on board I greased for all it was worth. 3 days ago...ferried and empty plane from DTW to MSP...clear and calm winds and I landed like a student pilot his first time in a 172. The point is, some good, some not so good...Im still trying to feel this thing (the 900) out every time I fly. I try to make sure above all else, I keep it on the centerline and make the touchdown zone.

 

Heck, if I had a dollar for everytime you ERJ boys slow to 130 20 miles out in IAH backing up the entire system.

 

Just my 2 cents.
Anybody who flys the saab knows that flying that thing for years you still will never consistently grease that thing. You will always have a pounder or two on a trip.
In Dayton the other day with a 10-12kt crosswind i logged two landings, One with the upwind gear and one with both at the same time. I guess The airplane just didnt want to be there right?

 

I gave up on trying to "grease" the Saab a few hundred landings ago. Now I strive for TD zone and centerline.

It was gusty yesterday in IAH (30-40kts) at 60 degrees off, we even had a lady throw up on final and the bottom of the bag ripped and dumped it everywhere. Conditions like that it is dangerous to try and grease, I dumped it on.

 

I have also given up on trying to grease the Saab in. I got a "blue light" landing today but I could use the same technique with the same conditions tomorrow and bam!, there she is!

I have also given up on customer compliments after a greaser

 

compliments on a greased landing are as likely as oil prices dropping 50 bucks a barrel.

I've received one last month from a Northwest captain Non-reving. Otherwise passengers could give a crap unless they think they were almost killed.... then you will hear about it.