Why Does Ryanair Land HARD?!

Ryanair is notorious for their super hard landings. But there's actually a reason behind the infamous Ryanair smash-crash-landing!

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[EuropeanRailfanAlt]

The 737 can really handle a lot of stuff...
...except a specific software.

[djeurdjel]

Ryanair pilot here. This is the first video I see that is pretty accurate. It says in our manuals to make a positive landing and not to hold off the nose wheel to make an overly smooth landing. The reason for this is as stated in the video. Furthermore, Stansted for example is our biggest base. Chances are that if you fly with Ryanair, you may have landed on Stansted (runway 22) or a similar airport which has an exit that saves a lot of taxi time but is very hard to make if we don't make a positive landing and use extra braking action. And last but not least: we are an airline that trains A LOT of pilots; especially at big bases such as Dublin, Stansted or Bergamo. This means that the first officer may still be in line training or just finished it and makes a bit of a harder landing every now and then. One of the reasons for this aside from a lack of experience is, that if you just started flying, the landing gear touches down sooner than you expect to as it's a bit 'lower' than what you are used to from the simulators. In my opinion the captains I've flown with are usually very good and their landings are as they should be as well. I'll be leaving the company this month, but I'm glad I did my training with them, as their training regime was mostly amazing.

[Train_DV]

“I paid for the landing gear so I’m gonna use the landing gear”

[szazados]

Honestly I've flown with Ryanair about 2-4 times and never felt a "rough" landing. The flights were always quite smooth

[FNWendigo]

My dad was a pilot, he said you can always tell if the airline pilot was a retired navy guy because they come in hot and fast.

[bmouch]

People get too comfortable with air travel and forget they're in a massive metal tube being propelled by big spinny turbines at 600mph at 37, 000 feet. Arriving alive is good enough, any added comfort is a bonus.

[codybrandley]

Pilots: it’s designed for hard landings

Mechanics: so we have way more gear changes than other airlines

[RJ_MacReady]

I flew to Madeira on Ryanair. Madeira airport is notorious for its difficult approach and landings, I was kinda scared but to my surprise it was one of the smoothest landings I've ever experienced. I'll never forget that, and I even complimented the captain afterward, I told him "that was one of the best landings I've ever experienced". He seemed pleased

[stevekem]

"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing."

[mcgherkinstudios]

One of the qualifying traits required of a Ryanair pilot is the ability to catch a 3 wire.

[FlaminFuel]

A firm landing also prevents the risk of a long landing with a mandatory go around, so they can save time ensuring they land first try

[SpaghettiniFiveMillion]

They land hard so the 90% of the passengers wouldn't clap after the bad landing 💀

[discorddude]

“Slightly more firm landings”
*shows a Ryanair 737 stalling onto the runway*

[korok]

“Slightly firmer” shows a clip of giving all of business class a fucking concussion

[VetskuGaming]

I remember hearing somewhere that Ryanair has a big rotation in pilots as many new pilots go to ryanair and then after getting experience move to something like Lufthansa, British Airways, etc.

[simpilotadamt]

I have a bit to add as a former airport ground handler at a major Ryanair base...

The turnaround time is a bit of a misnomer, as this is counted from the plane arriving on stand (the timer starts as soon as it has stopped) until pushback (the timer stops as soon as the plane starts moving). Any time spent taxiing is a part of the block time (the amount of time the plane is spending off the chocks). At some of their more complicated airports (Dublin, Copenhagen-Kastrup, Barcelona), planes can end up taxiing for upwards of 10-15 minutes.

[uraveragemariogamesenjoyer]

I too flew a few times with Ryanair, and their landings weren’t that bad. In fact, some were actually very smooth.

[ottelf]

I generally believe you more with airplanes than other channels, but in the past I've heard that smooth landings use more fuel and they want to save on money.

[RishabhKumarRoy]

Thank you for flying RyanAir, last year over 90% of our flights arrived on time. We hope you enjoyed yours and we look forward to welcoming you ...

[FMA_Aviation]

The good landing isn't based on how smooth is it, it's based on where you touched down, usually pilot aims for touchdown zone mark, and, said in the video, smooth landing can result to a long landing, which isn't good especially on a shorter runway