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The members of Delta Virtual Airlines are a skilled group - and they can prove it. Below is a list of pilots who consistently achieve the smoothest landings. This list is ordered by both average touchdown speed (which counts for 30% of the ordering) and the standard deviation of those speeds (20%), the distance from the runway threshold (30% if available) and the standard deviation of those distances (the remaining 20%).

Delta Virtual Airlines LANDING STATISTICS TOP PILOTS WITH A MINIMUM OF FLIGHTS WITHIN IN
# PILOT NAME RANK FLIGHTS HOURS AVG. SPEED STD. DEVIATION AVG. DISTANCE STD. DEVIATION AVG. SCORE
1 Jim Rose Senior Captain, B737-800 47 143.9 -247.06 ft/min 66.93 ft/min 1330 ft 179.1 ft 95.03
2 Bill Jacobs Captain, B757-200 31 66.7 -233.97 ft/min 53.39 ft/min 1414 ft 213.1 ft 94.08
3 Keith Braley Captain, B737-800 11 30.2 -241.82 ft/min 89.27 ft/min 1420 ft 230.7 ft 92.07
4 James Stone Senior Captain, MD-11 97 544.2 -269.99 ft/min 91.63 ft/min 1388 ft 798.5 ft 90.62
5 Eric Haack Senior Captain, B777-200 47 142.8 -231.30 ft/min 63.42 ft/min 1384 ft 468.1 ft 90.15
6 Chris Hannigan Senior Captain, B747-400 10 10.7 -229.80 ft/min 126.63 ft/min 1279 ft 293.6 ft 89.38
7 Zach Taylor Captain, A350-900 41 76.0 -298.73 ft/min 107.67 ft/min 1401 ft 335.6 ft 88.91
8 George Zhukov Captain, B747-400 24 40.5 -247.92 ft/min 103.48 ft/min 1416 ft 473.9 ft 87.66
9 Brett Pilkerton Captain, B737-800 30 98.2 -310.70 ft/min 106.32 ft/min 1335 ft 415.7 ft 87.39
10 Sammy Negron Captain, B777-200 18 58.6 -290.72 ft/min 110.56 ft/min 1493 ft 402.6 ft 87.32
11 Gary Maple Captain, B737-800 20 23.5 -161.40 ft/min 39.27 ft/min 1442 ft 434.4 ft 87.24
12 Adolfo Alvarez Captain, B747-400 16 164.6 -331.69 ft/min 112.19 ft/min 1491 ft 344.5 ft 87.02
13 Wesley Kelly Captain, B777-200 29 28.9 -271.48 ft/min 119.18 ft/min 1477 ft 589.3 ft 86.55
14 Marty Rackley Captain, L-1011-100 18 21.4 -253.56 ft/min 156.46 ft/min 1360 ft 395.6 ft 86.23
15 Josh Evans First Officer, A330-300 24 95.6 -274.00 ft/min 117.24 ft/min 1566 ft 418.8 ft 86.10
16 Raymond Stone First Officer, A350-900 41 51.4 -341.98 ft/min 93.56 ft/min 937 ft 356.8 ft 85.74
17 Tyrone James Captain, B737-800 11 41.7 -175.27 ft/min 82.13 ft/min 1480 ft 469.2 ft 85.60
18 Paul Varney Captain, B757-200 48 23.8 -368.81 ft/min 164.36 ft/min 1212 ft 333.2 ft 85.41
19 Dimitry Karalov Captain, B777-200 12 21.4 -390.42 ft/min 92.20 ft/min 1245 ft 397.4 ft 85.37
20 David Hartley Captain, A350-900 48 208.3 -209.29 ft/min 84.79 ft/min 1620 ft 527.1 ft 85.21
21 Ifeaye Murray Captain, B747-400 12 26.7 -236.50 ft/min 66.39 ft/min 1780 ft 418.6 ft 85.17
22 Aaron Large Captain, B757-200 42 106.2 -245.74 ft/min 103.49 ft/min 1687 ft 472.7 ft 84.61
23 Florin Marinache Captain, B777-200 22 221.1 -335.41 ft/min 122.03 ft/min 1651 ft 1200.9 ft 84.57
24 Chris Kennedy First Officer, A330-300 28 33.9 -300.50 ft/min 181.14 ft/min 1280 ft 396.6 ft 84.42
25 Jeff Monson Senior Captain, B777-200 22 140.1 -153.23 ft/min 54.94 ft/min 1722 ft 918.0 ft 84.29
26 Matthew Whitaker Chief Pilot, ERJ-170 65 86.2 -340.38 ft/min 139.59 ft/min 1154 ft 1222.9 ft 84.26
27 Dave Malinowski Captain, A350-900 16 83.2 -339.25 ft/min 132.07 ft/min 1512 ft 420.5 ft 84.16
28 Jason Gravitt Captain, MD-11 33 74.9 -261.85 ft/min 105.34 ft/min 1487 ft 686.0 ft 83.85
29 Josh Burr Captain, B777-200 16 226.7 -234.12 ft/min 102.71 ft/min 767 ft 3403.3 ft 83.84
30 Davor Kusec Captain, B737-800 23 48.7 -208.74 ft/min 81.85 ft/min 1619 ft 622.3 ft 83.59
31 James Colson Captain, A330-300 10 10.5 -212.60 ft/min 70.90 ft/min 1844 ft 382.8 ft 83.43
32 Thiago Braga Senior Captain, B777-200 12 19.5 -293.17 ft/min 128.04 ft/min 1564 ft 809.1 ft 83.41
33 Marc Neal Captain, A350-900 41 80.5 -240.95 ft/min 86.63 ft/min 1785 ft 549.0 ft 83.38
34 Matthew Calsada Captain, A350-900 29 187.2 -309.69 ft/min 111.24 ft/min 1631 ft 495.3 ft 83.28
35 Jay Carey Captain, B777-200 24 47.8 -304.83 ft/min 121.79 ft/min 1583 ft 537.2 ft 82.99
36 Tim Knight Senior Captain, DC-6 17 64.1 -395.88 ft/min 159.77 ft/min 1361 ft 332.5 ft 82.88
37 Zdenda Linhart Captain, B757-200 10 18.3 -191.30 ft/min 108.54 ft/min 1781 ft 716.7 ft 82.75
38 Travis Renton Captain, B757-200 17 18.5 -351.71 ft/min 140.70 ft/min 1300 ft 566.1 ft 82.65
39 Francisco Ruiz Captain, A320 24 71.6 -270.83 ft/min 100.73 ft/min 2274 ft 1933.9 ft 82.32
40 Michael Willis Senior Captain, B737-800 22 23.8 -157.73 ft/min 117.71 ft/min 1552 ft 497.5 ft 82.16
41 Danny Evans Senior Captain, B777-200 19 58.6 -222.79 ft/min 95.34 ft/min 1700 ft 740.5 ft 82.09
42 Amon Schneider Captain, A330-300 27 36.7 -323.22 ft/min 140.70 ft/min 1134 ft 682.0 ft 82.02
43 Alex Schlesinger Senior Captain, A350-900 12 41.3 -334.17 ft/min 125.84 ft/min 1357 ft 814.9 ft 81.88
44 Peter Tiatto Senior Captain, L-1011-100 35 85.7 -293.83 ft/min 115.76 ft/min 1707 ft 676.3 ft 81.84
45 Bervick Deculus Captain, B737-800 76 206.7 -368.79 ft/min 128.07 ft/min 1451 ft 569.7 ft 81.74
46 Ronald Williams Captain, A330-300 23 23.4 -301.17 ft/min 110.83 ft/min 1866 ft 707.2 ft 81.73
47 Luke Kolin Senior Captain, MD-11 11 45.8 -309.82 ft/min 121.08 ft/min 1632 ft 639.4 ft 81.63
48 John Hankey First Officer, A330-300 20 53.6 -157.90 ft/min 76.56 ft/min 1819 ft 441.7 ft 81.49
49 Craig Trudell Chief Pilot, DC-6 32 43.4 -260.66 ft/min 118.90 ft/min 1653 ft 663.5 ft 80.87
50 Marc Ter Heide Captain, B757-200 12 41.1 -297.42 ft/min 122.11 ft/min 1659 ft 570.4 ft 80.74
 

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