HARD LNDG BY ACR MLG.

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FLYING F/O IN AN MLG; IT WAS MY TURN TO FLY THE LEG; ONE OF SEVERAL IN THE DAY. APCHING FOR A LNDG EVERYTHING WAS ROUTINE EXCEPT FOR SOME GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. AS I FLARED FOR THE T/D; I COULD FEEL THE WHEELS EVER-SO-GENTLY KISS THE RWY--MY BEST LNDG OF THE MONTH--BUT AT THAT MOMENT (AND BEFORE THE AUTOMATIC SPOILERS COULD DEPLOY) A GUST CAUGHT US AND WE FLOATED 10-15' BACK INTO THE AIR. THE CAPT; THINKING WE WERE STILL ON THE GND AND THAT THE AUTO FUNCTION OF THE SPOILERS HAD FAILED; SUDDENLY REACHED OUT TO MANUALLY DEPLOY THEM. I SAW HIM DO THIS OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE; BUT MY SCREAM OF 'NOT THE SPOILERS!!' WAS TOO LATE. AT THAT POINT; WITH THE ENGS AT IDLE; THE ONLY THING I HAD TIME TO DO WAS PULL THE YOKE BACK INTO MY LAP AND WATCH MY LIFE/JOB FLASH BEFORE MY EYES. IT WAS THE MOST HELPLESS FEELING I'VE EVER HAD IN MY 20 YRS OF FLYING EXPERIENCE AS WE QUITE ABRUPTLY RE-ENGAGED THE RWY. AMAZINGLY THE ONLY DAMAGE DONE WAS TO THE PAX CONFIDENCE IN THEIR PLTS. THE OCCURRENCE OF NONDEPLOYMENT OF AUTOSPOILERS IS NOT THAT UNCOMMON ON THE MLG. BUT; THE STANDARD PRACTICE IN THAT CASE IS FOR THE PF TO DEPLOY THEM MANUALLY OR TO CALL 'SPOILERS' FOR THE OTHER PLT TO DO IT. THIS WAS JUST A CASE OF THE CAPT WANTING TO HELP OUT W/O THE PROPER COM. UNLESS REQUESTED OR IN AN EMER; PRIMARY CTLS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED BY THE PRIMARY PLT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: PIC DID NOT REALIZE THEY HAD SKIPPED AND WAS TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. FLT CREW DID NOT LOG HARD LNDG OR REQUEST HARD LNDG INSPECTION; WHICH THEY DECIDED IN RETROSPECT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. RPTR FELT PIC DIDN'T DO SO BECAUSE HE WAS EMBARRASSED BY WHAT HE HAD DONE.