Originally Posted by
CalIahFo
Back on page 1 of this thread I asked if you had any negative stories about pilots including bad landings. You guys have all been too nice so far, let's hear about the ugly side also! Anyone had their fillings knocked out? Is there a particular destination that you know ahead of time is going to be a pavement pounder? I know on the short fields (MDW, SNA, for example) I don't try real hard to grease it on just get on the pavement to start braking ASAP. Any pilot ever run over your toes with his roll aboard? Have you witnessed any rude behavior? I know we have a few "characters" working for us, there must be some stories.
Ok, I've had one bad landing as a passenger (we won't count me in a Cessna). It was a long time ago, AA ord-lga - 727 iirc. beautiful clear day, no wind, no clouds, daytime. It was visual 22. We came in from the south, made a nice graceful turn over the water, and seemed to be below the level of the runway. Pilot added thrust (a fair amount from where I sat), began climbing... then reduced thrust and continued the landing. We touched down about 1/2 way down the runway... I'd say that from the bruises on my hips from the seatbelt, we used a large amount of braking and full reverse thrust. someone had a suitcase out in the back of the plane - it hit the cockpit door. Someone else had their eyeglasses hit the bulkhead. We stopped on the numbers. The crew made no mention of anything unusual, we taxied to the gate.
I also experienced a tailstrike as a passenger on a UA flight departing OMA.