Originally Posted by
212man
Thanks - I'm reasonably familiar with how to approach and land
What I wanted to point out is that to me it was not a matter of experience. It was a matter of training and discipline.
An experienced pilot would have felt that something was wrong during the tailwind approach before an inexperienced one, but an inexperienced but disciplined pilot would have made the appropriate checks during final, before it was too late to initiate a go around.