In the 80s and 90s it was said you could always tell if an ex FAA pilot was flying your BA plane as the landing could often be somewhat "robust" - a leftover from landing the Phantom and Buccaneer on a carrier deck with no flare in the final seconds. They were literally flown straight at the deck - in relative terms to a runway, a carrier landing was likened to landing your plane on something the size of a postage stamp that was also moving away from you at some 30knots.
Everything's relative, and at the risk of being derided by "true" naval aviators, the "moving away from you at some 30knots" bit really helps quite a lot!
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