All of what has been previously posted is true. In addition, LAX has some of the longest runways in the country, when the pilot of the Jetblue aircraft (who gave heroic service IMHO) landed he wanted to keep the nose of the plane off the ground for as long as possible to keep the landing gear from taking more abuse than it had to. Longer runways helped him do that.
Heroic is an understatement...
He landed it with one of the most gentle nose wheel high landings I have ever seen...and if you watch the video closely you can watch as he feathers the wheel up and down serveal times before he puts it all the way down...
I did hear that the particular pilot of this flight was the national safety director for the Airline pilots association.. So if there was a pilot for the job he was the one...
Funny how God puts the right people in the right place (IMHO).