Originally Posted by
Smott999
....could he have actually been trying to slip it in?...
Sounds like the cargo outfit was full of 'cowboys' including some who did slip the Shorts. From one of the interview summaries, page 14:
Mack had flown with a handful of pilots at ACC who flew “way” outside of the standard operating procedures (SOP). When he first started at ACC, his captain was hard on him and he came to appreciate that. He discovered that at ACC there was a compromise between flying to standards and managing the cockpit work environment. He described his choices; fly with good pilot who was hard on him, versus a poor pilot who was a nice guy. He would choose the good pilot as “the lesser of two evils.” He thought Anh would have made a good captain and would have been one that stayed within the SOPs.
When asked what kind of behavior he had seen outside of SOPs, he stated that some pilots wouldn’t be standardized and fly the set profile for the Shorts with airspeed, gear, and flap settings at specific locations on approach. He had flown with one guy who was always in a hurry and gave the example of another pilot flying inbound to the airport at 3000 feet and fast, then diving to the airport at the last minute. This other pilot would also be programming the GPS for the return leg even though they hadn’t landed on the outbound leg yet. He had also seen pilots pull the fuel levers to ground to get the aircraft to descend faster. He witnessed pilots side slip the aircraft, which he didn’t believe was safe to do in the Shorts. He said most of what he had seen from other pilots in terms of not following SOPs was related to poor planning. He clarified that these were specific individual pilots at the operator and not a reflection of the overall culture of the airline. He wasn’t sure how Jonathan had stayed that long at ACC has he had failed a few check rides. He had also seen certain pilots not use checklists. He felt that these problems typically came from pilots who had flown somewhere else and had brought bad habits to ACC. He believes that that is what happened with Jonathan during this accident.
https://dms.ntsb.gov/public/61000-61...194/615478.pdf
Of course, it can be argued that any crosswind landing involves a slip.