FO OF A B737-800 STRUCK THE TAIL AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR DURING LNDG RESULTING IN THE CAPT TAKING OVER CTL OF THE ACFT AND COMPLETING THE LNDG. THE ACFT TAILSKID AND FUSELAGE SKIN WERE DAMAGED.

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THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT AS A PLT ON A TURBOJET ACFT. THE ACFT I WAS FLYING WAS A BOEING 737-800. THIS WAS THE FIRST LEG OF AN IOE TRIP. FLT FROM EWR-BDA WAS ON FINAL TO RWY 12 AT BERMUDA. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND ACFT WAS STABLE UNTIL REACHING 50 FT AGL. I WAS ROUNDING OUT THE ACFT WHEN THE CAPT CALLED AN AIRSPD LOSS. I BEGAN ADDING PWR IN A SMALL INCREMENT. THIS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND WE BEGAN TO SINK RAPIDLY IN A RELATIVELY FLAT PITCH ATTITUDE. THE ACFT MADE A VERY HARD LNDG AND AS A RESULT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE CAPT (CHK AIRMAN) AT THAT TIME TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PITCHED UP WHILE ADDING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THRUST IN ORDER TO CUSHION THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT LNDG. THE ACFT AGAIN CAME DOWN HARD BUT STAYED ON THE GND ON CTRLINE WITH PLENTY OF RWY AVAILABLE. AFTER COMPLETION OF PARKING CHKLIST; WE CONDUCTED A POSTFLT INSPECTION AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TAILSKID WAS SUBSTANTIALLY WORN DOWN AND SEVERAL DEEP SCRATCHES TO THE SKIN ON THE REAR FUSELAGE. THE ACFT WAS GROUNDED UNTIL MAINT COULD MAKE THE REQUIRED REPAIRS. IN THIS INSTANCE; I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES WAS MY LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR VERSION OF THE B737. I WAS NEVER ABLE TO FLY THE DASH 800 SIMULATOR DURING MY TRAINING DUE TO SCHEDULING CONSTRAINTS. ANOTHER POSSIBLE REASON MAY HAVE BEEN THE STRESS FACTOR OF HAVING MY FIRST TRIP EVER IN A TURBOJET BEING ON THE LARGEST MODEL B737 WITH A FULL LOAD OF PAX EMBARKING ON AN INTL DEST. I BELIEVE THAT ALL NEW-HIRES SHOULD BE GIVEN SPECIFIC TRAINING ON THIS VERSION BEFORE IOE.