FO OF A B767 COMPLAINS ABOUT TWR'S CLOSE RWY USE SPACING DURING APCH AND LNDG.

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THIS IS SOMEWHAT DISCOURAGING BECAUSE THIS RPT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO ONE THAT I FILED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. OPERATING AS FLT X IN A B767 ACFT; WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 28R AT PIT. WE WERE 3 MI BEHIND ANOTHER ACFT. AFTER HE LANDED; PIT TWR CLRED ANOTHER ACFT INTO POS ON THE RWY; IN SPITE OF OUR ACFT BEING VERY CLOSE IN; DSNDING OUT OF 1200 FT AGL. BY THE TIME THE LNDG ACFT AHEAD OF US CLRED THE RWY AND THE PLANE IN POS WAS CLRED FOR TKOF; WE WERE AT 300 FT AGL. IT BECAME AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SIT AND THERE WAS LITERALLY LESS THAN 1 SECOND BTWN THE TIME THE DEPARTING PLANE LEFT THE RWY AND WE TOUCHED DOWN. I REALIZE THAT CTLRS ARE UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE TO KEEP TFC MOVING AND TO MINIMIZE DELAYS; BUT IT'S GETTING DOWNRIGHT SCARY OUT THERE. THE MARGIN FOR SAFETY IS BEING SERIOUSLY ERODED AND IT'S ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES. OK; IF THE PROB IS WORSENING; WHAT CAN BE DONE? LET'S ENCOURAGE MORE ATC 'FAMILIARIZATION' RIDES WHERE CTLRS RIDE IN OUR JUMPSEATS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR TWR CTLRS. THEY NEED TO SEE AND BE MADE AWARE OF THE PLT'S PERSPECTIVE. WE'RE NOT JUST 'BLIPS' ON A RADAR SCREEN AND A B767 IS NOT AS MANEUVERABLE AS A SPORTS CAR! QUITE A FEW CTLRS ARE NOT PLTS AND I DON'T THINK THEY REALIZE THE UNTENABLE SIT THAT THEY CREATE FOR US WHEN THEY PUT 3 AIRPLANES ON A RWY VIRTUALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY.