Well said Olster! I’m starting to get a bit fed up with the way this forum is going. It’s supposed to be for professional pilots but some of the recent posts leave me wondering what sort of professional training and experience the contributors have?!
As others have pointed out; there may well be a valid reason for this particular example, but in general, it’s against all Boeing advice and airline SOPs with which I am familiar. So, if it was a “party trick” or a bit of showing off on ones last landing I can’t really condone it. I have: 747 9000hrs, including TRI/TRE and 787 4000hrs. A320 4000hrs and 737 5000hrs. Do I know it all? Of course not! I’m still learning to land my SEP predictably with 30000+ hrs total.
Did a practice glide approach back at base today, most of which was sideslipping to lose excess height! That’s what I love about flying; you never stop learning!