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Old 13th January 2021 | 06:09
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Originally Posted by pineteam
Totally agree with you. My worst landing was with a captain who asked me to keep AP ON until the last minute as he wanted to confirm the wind with the tower at 500 feet AAL since we have crosswind limitation for first officers. By the time he read back I was around 400 feet
with tail/crosswind of 15kt. No time to feel the aircraft and ended doing a 1.55G landing.
I feel your pain. That's got to be one of the stupidest things I've read all week.
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