I've flown quite a few times this year, including two Southwest flights today, and most of the landings were rough to put it mildly. The two today felt almost like crash-landings, they were so bad.
I've been flying commercial for 40 years at least and never remember any landings like these. I mean, come on...these new planes basically fly themselves, right? All the pilots have to do is take-off and land, plus monitor some screens and push some buttons in the air. These landings lately all felt like they came in way too hot, almost over-shot the runway. It seems like they had a hard time getting the nose down in time and had to hit the brakes so hard that everyone's ear drums almost broke. Just horrible landings.
I have lots of good memories of airline pilots landing jets so smoothly that the passengers applauded, especially in bad weather. The recent flights I'm talking about were all in perfect weather.
Just venting, obviously I'm alive and well but the skill just doesn't seem to be there anymore. Anyone else notice this?
