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The pilot used up more runway because he wanted to hold the nosewheel
off as long as possible. I doubt the reversers were used at all, as
that would transfer weight forward and bring the nose down faster.

That makes very little sense. That is, it's true that reverse thrust below
the CG would make it harder to keep the nosewheel off the pavement. But as
is easily seen in the video coverage, the nose was already on the pavement
for a great portion of the landing "slide".

So it seems to me that shortening the slide would have been at least as
important a priority. That way, you're less likely to run off the end of
the runway (and with only 1000', that was apparently a real possibility),
and you chew up less of the runway.

Was the pilot actually quoted as saying that the reason he used so much
runway was "because he wanted to hold the nosewheel off as long as
possible"? Or is that just your assumption?

Pete