AS ACR FLC APCHS TO LAND AT ATL; THEY PERCEIVE THAT THEY HAVE LNDG CLRNC; THOUGH NOT CONFIRMED. TFC AHEAD AND BEHIND ARE HEARD TO RECEIVE LNDG CLRNC; AND THE CREW BELIEVE IT IS BEST TO LAND THAN GO AROUND.

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AFTER BEING CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 27L AT ATL AND TURNED OVER TO TWR CTLR; TFC WAS ISSUED TO FOLLOW A BEECH 1900. DUE TO THE 'REGULAR' TFC CONGESTION AT ATL; THE SMALL SIZE OF THE ACFT; AND THE FACT THAT THE PRECEDING TFC WAS NOT LINED UP WITH THE RWY IN FRONT OF US; IT TOOK A WHILE TO SPOT IT. TFC WAS SPOTTED BOTH VISUALLY AND ON TCASII AT 3 MI. TWR INFORMED US TO S-TURN TO THE S IF NEEDED. AFTER A 'HALF-HEARTED' S-TURN TO THE S; THE CAPT RESUMED HIS APCH. TWR TOLD THE B1900 TO MAKE MINIMUM TIME ON THE RWY AND ALSO CLRED THE ACFT BEHIND US TO LAND. AT THAT POINT; WE WERE ON SHORT FINAL AND THE B1900 HAD JUST CLRED THE RWY. BEFORE I COULD CONFIRM LNDG CLRNC; TWR STARTED TALKING TO OTHER ACFT AND WE NEVER GOT TO CONFIRM LNDG CLRNC. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TWR HAD CLRED THE ACFT BEHIND US TO LAND AND THE FACT THAT DOING A MISSED APCH WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN LNDG; WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE AND LAND. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN ATL HAS A DEDICATED 'COMMUTER' RWY AND THE SLOWER TFC CAN BE SEPARATED FROM THE FASTER TFC. ALSO; THE CONTINUED EXPANSION AT ATL DRIVES ATC TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIT '10 LBS INTO A 5 LB BAG' THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB; BUT EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS ARE BOUND TO INCREASE.