A320 with gear problem over LA

Awesome job. A soft and smooth as you could hope for.

No argument - I saw it live, and it was perfect. Touched down short,
kept the nose up as long as possible, lowered it gently, tracked
centerline through the whole rollout. But honestly - would you expect
any less? A control problem on rollout might be a challenge to a low
time pilot, but these guys have thousands of hours. They know exactly
what's coming. I would have been surprised had I seen anything less.

A few months ago, I had a guy flying with me - a friend of a friend -
in my Twin Comanche. I won't say it's a difficult airplane, but
everyone else who has ever tried to fly it in IMC (or even under the
hood) had a difficult time with it the first time around. This
includes CFII/MEI's who were instrument and multiengine current
including one who was a Cessna 310 owner. This guy just took the
controls and within seconds he was doing as well as I could - maybe
better - and I have nearly a thousand hours in that one airplane. His
flying was smooth, controlled, precise - and effortless. Just like
what we saw on TV.

He was a captain for a major airline. They can pretty much ALL fly
that way, excepting the ocasional screwup. They've all had thousands
of hours to practice.

Michael