Air France Frequence Plus - OT: AF Embraer Landings at MAN

Whenever I fly this route on the afternoon Embraer flight the landing is always really "weird". Lot's of G-forces on approach, that feeling of it dropping too quickly, lots of acceleration and a hard landing.

Yesterday the landing was so hard that my backside is still sore today. The captain said something in French on the PA about 30s before touchdown.

As I have not flown the KLC Embraer's or any other I don't know if this is just normal of this aircraft type. I could have just flown on days with bad landing conditions.

I'm not a nervous flyer and I've flown over 100 times this year but these MAN landings are always "something". (Not that the weather is ever that great there!)

It's an Embraer thing - I've flown a few routes on different airlines, sitting down the back often has a kind of roller coaster feel (up front is normally ok) and engineregime changes a lot.

Never have lunch before flying on an Air Europa Embraer....

You should try them on an ABZ approach then!

Thanks for your responses. It would seem its all normal then.

Thanks for your responses. It would seem its all normal then.

I flown the Embraer albeit with Copa bewteen Cartagena and Panama and out of forty odd flights I never experienced a smooth landing yet.
The scary part is the approach to CTG...the engines would literally idle down,she would drop like a brick and whoosh!..the engines would thrust and you accelerated onto the runway with an almighty bang.

Apart from the weird landings, its an excellent aircraft!

I flown the Embraer albeit with Copa bewteen Cartagena and Panama and out of forty odd flights I never experienced a smooth landing yet.
The scary part is the approach to CTG...the engines would literally idle down,she would drop like a brick and whoosh!..the engines would thrust and you accelerated onto the runway with an almighty bang.

Apart from the weird landings, its an excellent aircraft!

I like the E-Jet's too. Nice 2-2 seating is always a bonus, my bag *just* fits in the bin and quite a large bathroom considering. Shame they don't always want to load the water.