When this bird first hit the line with the airlines, the T-tail, which is partly responsible for the high sink rate, caused at least two mishaps (airline speak for crash) until the pilots got used to the sink rate.

I was on a trip as an F/E and saw the folowing demonstrated: 10,000' 220 KIAS. When the end of the runway passed under the nose, gear down, flaps out (we had to wait until the first notch of leading edge flaps before lowering the rest - mandatory!) and a safe landing!

Really enjoyed my time at the F/E panel.

Jack S.
:)