I am not sure who you are aiming at nomorecatering but I have personally flown into Funchal on many occasions in challenging and other conditions. I even flew into the as mentioned short version of the airport which contributed significantly to the fear factor. I am not keen on Willy waving but with 25 years on the B737 and 20,000 hours plus associated training quals just how much technical expertise do you need? I really apologise for any perceived immodesty but I have done the day job into FNC as have many other contributors. I have looked over this thread and nobody appears to be condoning what is obviously a badly flown approach underpinned by serious indiscipline which should have resulted in a go around by any company standards. Nobody appears to be disagreeing…