Originally Posted by
Stick Flying
The B737 FCTM allows touchdown with full crab up to max crosswind limits. It also goes on to suggest it is the more preferable technique on very slippery runways but its not recommended to use this technique on a dry runway at max crosswind (which incidentally is generally more in the FCTM than in operator's limitations).
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Yes, not recommended for dry runways. Besides, on any aeroplane, it makes for a lurching, squirrelly arrival with results such as seen here - and the Emirates 380 which recently just planted it in sideways, didn't exactly make themselves popular with the training dept.
I'd agree - nothing wrong with"kicking it straight" (meaning aligning with the runway using rudder keeping wings level) ... But it requires perfect timing, just before the mains touch. More often I see the rudder go in too early, they float, and the airplane quickly starts drifting towards the downwind edge of the runway, and it gets messy from there