Originally Posted by
Ollie Onion
Keg, you say the wind never dropped below 17kts on the RWY but ATC said the tailwind was 15kts? The BA crew said it was 22kts approaching the flare, it may have been less on the ground? I know at our airline we are allowed to take the ATC wind as the definitive source for judging tailwind components. So all in all a BA Aircraft said their limit was 15 kts, ATC confirmed the tailwind was 15kts and they landed.
Yep Ollie. The
ONLYreport of the wind at 15 knots for about 5 hours. All other TTFs both before and after BA's approach indicated more than that.
I've got no problem with them taking ATC at face value. I've got a massive problem with them telling ATC that their limit is 15 knots but that they can take 'a knot or two more than that'. Conveniently they didn't need to break the rules as per the clearance given to them. We all had a good laugh of their report of 22 knots 'approaching the flare'.